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bum

/bʌm/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable

Bum means: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.

Synonyms for bum85

noun, as in the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear
and 13 more, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass

noun, as in a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, puke, crumb, lowlife, scumbag, so-and-so, git, scum bag

noun, as in person who does no work

idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout

noun, as in a vagrant

tramp, hobo

verb, as in be lazy or idle

bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about

verb, as in ask for and get free; be a parasite

mooch, cadge, grub, sponge

adjective, as in of very poor quality; flimsy

cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny, inferior

also used for bum

'tocks, arse cheeks, ass cheeks, back, batty, blessed assurance, a-hole, anus, arsehole, asscunt, asshole, asspussy, back alley, back door, street bum

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What does bum mean?7

noun

1

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on“he deserves a good kick in the butt”

2

a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible“only a rotter would do that”

3

person who does no work“a lazy bum”

4

a vagrant“a homeless tramp”

verb

1

be lazy or idle“Her son is just bumming around all day”

2

ask for and get free; be a parasite

adjective

1

of very poor quality; flimsy

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with bum?23

one syllable

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two syllables

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Show 40 near rhymes
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Bum in a sentence

  • I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum.Igider
  • We could hitchhike, and bum a ride to work.H_Liliom
  • He has a scraggly beard and a bum leg.darinmex
  • I've got a bum ticker: coronary artery disease.halfb1t
  • I saw a bum at the train station.Hybrid
  • A bum is someone who doesn't pretend to work.Catriona
  • That lazy bum hasn't done a hand's turn in his life.doemaar14
  • I woke up with my cat's bum in my face.sundown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of bum

as a noun

plural
bums

as a verb

past tense
bummed
present participle
bumming
third-person singular
bums
past participle
bummed

as a adjective

comparative
bummer
superlative
bummest