bum adj : of very poor quality [syn: cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny]

1 a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git]

2 a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums" [syn: tramp, hobo]

3 person who does no work; "a lazy bum" [syn: idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout]

4 the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]

1 ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: mooch, cadge, grub, sponge]

2 be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" [syn: bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about] [also: bumming, bummed]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌm

Noun

1. In the context of "informal}} The buttocks or anus.

Bum or Bums may refer to:

• "Bum", a primarily English slang term for the buttocks
• "Bum", a slang term for a hobo (though unlike hobos, a bum is unlikely to seek work)
• A lazy person or a slacker
• B.U.M. Equipment, a Los Angeles clothing company
• Babol University of Medical Sciences, a university in Iran
• Business Update Meeting, a quarterly report given to employees of a company on the state of the company's business
• Dem Bums, a nickname for the American baseball team Brooklyn Dodgers prior to relocating to Los Angeles

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