Meaning of bum in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• The buttocks.

  Example: Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes.

• The anus.

verb

• To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.

interjection

• An expression of annoyance.

noun

• (sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.

• A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.

  Example: Fred is becoming a bum - he's not even bothering to work more than once a month.

• A player or racer who often performs poorly.

  Example: Trade him to another team, he's a bum!

• A drinking spree.

verb

• To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.

  Example: Can I bum a cigarette off you?

• To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond; to loiter.

  Example: I think I'll just bum around downtown for awhile until dinner.

• To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).

adjective

• Of poor quality or highly undesirable.

  Example: bum note

• Unfair.

  Example: bum deal

• Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.

  Example: I can't play football anymore on account of my bum knee.

• Unpleasant or unhappy.

  Example: He had a bum trip on that mescaline.

verb

• To depress; to make unhappy.

noun

• A humming noise.

verb

• To make a murmuring or humming sound.

noun

• A bumbailiff.