Overview of noun bum

The noun bum has 4 senses

• rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git -- (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'")


• tramp, hobo, bum -- (a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums")


• idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum -- (person who does no work; "a lazy bum")


• 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 -- (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?")

Overview of verb bum

The verb bum has 2 senses

• mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge -- (ask for and get free; be a parasite)


• 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 -- (be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day")

Overview of adj bum

The adj bum has 1 sense

• bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny -- (of very poor quality; flimsy)