bum

B2
Pronunciation
/bʌm/
/bʌm/
Noun
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

The buttocks.

Example Sentences
  • Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes.
2 Definition

The anus.

3 Definition

(sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.

4 Definition

A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.

Example Sentences
  • Fred is becoming a bum - he's not even bothering to work more than once a month.
5 Definition

A player or racer who often performs poorly.

Example Sentences
  • Trade him to another team, he's a bum!
6 Definition

A drinking spree.

7 Definition

A humming noise.

8 Definition

A bumbailiff.

Verb
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.

2 Definition

To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.

Example Sentences
  • Can I bum a cigarette off you?
3 Definition

To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond; to loiter.

Example Sentences
  • I think I'll just bum around downtown for awhile until dinner.
4 Definition

To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).

5 Definition

To depress; to make unhappy.

6 Definition

To make a murmuring or humming sound.

Adjective
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

Of poor quality or highly undesirable.

Example Sentences
  • bum note
2 Definition

Unfair.

Example Sentences
  • bum deal
3 Definition

Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.

Example Sentences
  • I can't play football anymore on account of my bum knee.
4 Definition

Unpleasant or unhappy.

Example Sentences
  • He had a bum trip on that mescaline.
Interjection
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

An expression of annoyance.