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bum::verb | Spocien Dictionary

bum

/bəm/

ask for and get free; be a parasite

Type	Words
Synonyms	cadge, grub, mooch, sponge
Type of	obtain
Has types	freeload

bum::noun | Spocien Dictionary

bum

/bəm/

person who does no work

Type	Words
Synonyms	do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer
Type of	nonworker
Has types	lounger, mope, ne'er-do-well, no-account, poke, shirker, slacker, slugabed, sluggard, spiv, sunbather, trailer, trifler, whittler, woolgatherer, slug, clock watcher, couch potato, dallier, dawdler, daydreamer, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, drone, goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, laggard, lagger, lazybones, lie-abed, loon

a lazy bum.

bum::verb | Spocien Dictionary

bum

/bəm/

be lazy or idle

Type	Words
Synonyms	arse about, arse around, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time
Type of	laze, slug, idle, stagnate

Her son is just bumming around all day.

bum::noun | Spocien Dictionary

bum

/bəm/

a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

Type	Words
Synonyms	crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot
Type of	unpleasant person, disagreeable person

throw the bum out.

bum::noun | Spocien Dictionary

bum

/bəm/

a vagrant

Type	Words
Synonyms	hobo, tramp
Type of	floater, clochard, vagrant, drifter, vagabond
Has types	street person, dosser

he tried to help the really down-and-out bums.

bum::noun | Spocien Dictionary

bum

/bəm/

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Type	Words
Synonyms	arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush
Type of	body part

bum::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

bum

/bəm/

of very poor quality; flimsy

Type	Words
Synonyms	cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny