bum
/bˈʌm/
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
of very poor quality; flimsy
Noun
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''"
Noun
a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
Noun
person who does no work; "a lazy bum"
Noun
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?"
Verb
ask for and get free; be a parasite
Verb
be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
Synonyms
arse
arse about
arse around
ass
backside
behind
bottom
bum about
bum around
buns
butt
buttocks
cadge
can
cheap
cheesy
chintzy
crumb
crummy
derriere
dirty dog
do-nothing
fanny
frig around
fuck off
fundament
git
grub
hind end
hindquarters
hobo
idler
keister
layabout
loaf
loafer
loll
loll around
lounge about
lounge around
lowlife
mooch
nates
posterior
prat
puke
punk
rat
rear
rear end
rotter
rump
scum bag
seat
skunk
sleazy
so-and-so
sponge
stern
stinker
stinkpot
tail
tail end
tinny
tooshie
tramp
tush
waste one''s time
More General Terms
body part
disagreeable person
drifter
floater
idle
laze
nonworker
obtain
slug
stagnate
unpleasant person
vagabond
vagrant
More Specific Terms
clock watcher
couch potato
dallier
dawdler
daydreamer
dillydallier
dilly-dallier
dosser
drone
freeload
goldbrick
good-for-naught
good-for-nothing
goof-off
laggard
lagger
lazybones
lie-abed
loon
lounger
mope
ne''er-do-well
no-account
poke
shirker
slacker
slug
slugabed
sluggard
spiv
street person
sunbather
trailer
trifler
whittler
woolgatherer