Definitions for: Bum


[n] the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
[n] person who does no work; "a lazy bum"
[n] 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!"
[n] a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
[adj] (informal) of very poor quality
[v] ask for and get free; be a parasite



Webster (1913) Definition: Bum, n. [Contr. fr. bottom in this sense.]
The buttock. [Low] --Shak.


Bum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bummed; p. pr. & vb.n.
Bumming (?).] [See Boom, v. i., to roar.]
To make murmuring or humming sound. --Jamieson.


Bum, n.
A humming noise. --Halliwell.

Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, buns, butt, buttocks, cadge, can, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crumb, crummy, derriere, do-nothing, fanny, fundament, grub, hind end, hindquarters, hobo, idler, inferior, keister, layabout, loafer, lowlife, mooch, nates, posterior, prat, puke, punk, rat, rear, rear end, rotter, rump, scum bag, seat, skunk, sleazy, so-and-so, sponge, stern, stinker, stinkpot, tail, tail end, tinny, tooshie, tramp, tush

See Also: body, body part, clock watcher, couch potato, dallier, dawdler, daydreamer, dillydallier, disagreeable person, dosser, drifter, drone, floater, freeload, goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, laggard, lagger, lazybones, lie-abed, loon, lounger, mope, ne'er-do-well, nonworker, obtain, shirker, slacker, slug, slugabed, sluggard, spiv, street person, sunbather, torso, trailer, trifler, trunk, unpleasant person, vagrant, whittler, woolgatherer

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