bum
1. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (Freq. 2) - 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' • Syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinker, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git • Derivationally related forms: rat (for: rat) • Hypernyms: unpleasant person, disagreeable person 2. a disreputable vagrant (Freq. 1) - a homeless tramp - he tried to help the really down-and-out bums • Syn: tramp, hobo • Hypernyms: vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond • Hyponyms: dosser, street person 3. person who does no work - a lazy bum • Syn: idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout • Derivationally related forms: do-nothing (for: do-nothing), loaf (for: loafer), idle (for: idler) • Hypernyms: nonworker • Hyponyms: clock watcher, couch potato, dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger, dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke, daydreamer, woolgatherer, goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught, lazybones, lie-abed, slugabed, loon, slacker, shirker, sluggard, slug, spiv, sunbather, trifler, whittler 4. 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? • Syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, 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 • Derivationally related forms: posterior (for: posterior) • Hypernyms: body part • Part Holonyms: torso, trunk, body
1. ask for and get free; be a parasite (Freq. 1) • Syn: mooch, cadge, grub, sponge • Derivationally related forms: sponge (for: sponge), sponger (for: sponge), cadger (for: cadge), moocher (for: mooch) • Hypernyms: obtain • Hyponyms: freeload • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something 2. be lazy or idle - Her son is just bumming around all day • Syn: bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, fuck off, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about • Derivationally related forms: loafer (for: loaf) • Hypernyms: idle, laze, slug, stagnate • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP
of very poor quality; flimsy • Syn: cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny • Similar to: inferior • Derivationally related forms: sleaziness (for: sleazy), sleaze (for: sleazy), cheapness (for: cheap) • Usage Domain: colloquialism
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