noun
- A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
- usage: "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'"
- A disreputable vagrant.
- usage: "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
- Person who does no work.
- usage: "a lazy bum"
- synonyms: idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout
- The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
- usage: "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing"
verb
- Ask for and get free; be a parasite.
- Be lazy or idle.
- usage: "Her son is just bumming around all day"
- synonyms: bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about
adjective
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