bum

bum

☆ bum¹ [bum ]

n.

[< bummer, prob. < Ger bummler, loafer, habitually tardy person < bummeln, to go slowly, waste time] Informal

1. a vagrant, hobo, tramp, or beggar; specif., a shabby, often drunken derelict

2. any shiftless or irresponsible person, loafer, idler, etc.

3. a devotee, as of golf or skiing, who devotes so much time to the sport as to disrupt family life, career, etc.

4. an incompetent person, esp. an athlete

vi.

bummed, bumming Informal

1. to live as a bum or vagrant

2. to live by begging or sponging on people

vt.

Slang to get by begging or sponging; cadge [to bum a cigarette]

adj.

bummer, bummest Slang

1. poor in quality [bum cooking]

2. false, erroneous, or invalid [a bum steer, a bum rap]

3. lame or ailing [a bum leg]

SYN.- VAGRANT

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☆ bum someone out

Slang to upset, distress, annoy, depress, bore, etc. someone

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give the bum's rush or get the bum's rush

Slang to eject (or be ejected) forcibly

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on the bum Informal

1. living as a vagrant

2. out of repair; broken

bum² [bum]

n.

[ME bom < ? botem, bottom, as Du dial. boem < bodem, & obs. E bummery for bottomry] [Brit. Slang] the buttocks