bum

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/bʌm/

noun 9verb 6adj 4intj 1

Collocations

(noun.) person's bottom

VERB + BUM

feel, pinch

She felt his hand pinch her bum as she pushed through the crowded subway car.

sit on

If you sit on your bum all weekend, you'll feel lazy and stiff.

(noun.) lazy/useless person

ADJ

low-down, no-good | lazy

beach

She spent the summer as a beach bum, surfing every day and sleeping in her van.

Definitions

noun

The buttocks.

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bum.

The anus.

John said that when he was little he stuck his finger in his bum and tasted his poopies and it was good.

What could the man possibly be hiding up his bum anyway?

An act of anal sex.

Go for a bum

verb

To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.

Your bars are fake and my bars are real; / Is it true you got bummed on a field?

intj

An expression of annoyance.

(more vulgar)

Maxine tried hers. ‘Oh bum,’ she said crossly. ‘The sugar isn’t sugar. It’s salt.’

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

buttocks
nates
arse
butt
backside
buns
can
fundament

noun — person who does no work

noun — a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

noun — a vagrant

verb — ask for and get free

verb — be lazy or idle

loaf

adjective — of very poor quality

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

bum rush

A storming into an establishment.

bum steer

Bad advice or information, regardless of intention.

He never, so far as I knew, gave me a bum steer.

bum rap

A false accusation, or an injustice, especially one that leads to imprisonment.

. . . going over the top of the wall of the Trenton prison, where I was sent on a bum rap.

corporate welfare bum

A business corporation or business executive receiving significant financial assistance from government sources.

[A]nother $8 million went to keep alive Quebecair, a corporate welfare bum if ever there was one.

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bum.

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John said that when he was little he stuck his finger in his bum and tasted his poopies and it was good.

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Your bars are fake and my bars are real; / Is it true you got bummed on a field?

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(more vulgar)

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Maxine tried hers. ‘Oh bum,’ she said crossly. ‘The sugar isn’t sugar. It’s salt.’

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, bum is marked as informal, slang, vulgar, derogatory, dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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