» bum
Noun (4 meanings)
1. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git
Examples:
- “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'”
bum is a type of:
- unpleasant person, disagreeable person (noun) - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
bum is derivationally related to:
Examples:
- “a homeless tramp”,
- “he tried to help the really down-and-out bums”
3. person who does no work.
idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum
Example:
- “a lazy bum”
bum is a type of:
- nonworker (noun) - a person who does nothing
types of bum:
- clock watcher (noun) - a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time
- couch potato (noun) - an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)
- dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger (noun) - someone who wastes time
- dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke (noun) - someone who takes more time than necessary
- daydreamer, woolgatherer (noun) - someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming
- goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught (noun) - an idle worthless person
- lazybones (noun) - a lazy person
- lie-abed, slugabed (noun) - a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour
- loon (noun) - a worthless lazy fellow
- slacker, shirker (noun) - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
- sluggard, slug (noun) - an idle slothful person
- spiv (noun) - a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes
- sunbather (noun) - someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan
- trifler (noun) - one who behaves lightly or not seriously
- whittler (noun) - someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime)
bum is derivationally related to:
- to bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about (verb) - be lazy or idle
- do-nothing (adjective) - characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility
- to idle, laze, slug, stagnate (verb) - be idle
- to mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge (verb) - ask for and get free
4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, 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
Examples:
- “he deserves a good kick in the butt”,
- “are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?”
Verb (2 meanings)
to bum is a way to:
- to obtain (verb) - come into possession of
ways to bum:
- to freeload (verb) - live off somebody's generosity
to bum is derivationally related to:
- idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum (noun) - person who does no work
- leech, parasite, sponge, sponger (noun) - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- moocher, mooch, cadger, scrounger (noun) - someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
2. be lazy or idle.
to bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about
Example:
- “Her son is just bumming around all day”
Adjective (1 meaning)
Derivationally related form:
- cheapness, tackiness, tat, sleaze (noun) - tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
- rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git (noun) - a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- shabbiness, seediness, manginess, sleaziness (noun) - a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
Domain of synset - USAGE:
- colloquialism (noun) - a colloquial expression
bum is similar to:
- inferior (adjective) - of low or inferior quality