bum

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Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Bulu (Cameroon).

Noun

1. The buttocks.
   • Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes.
2. The buttocks.
   • Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes.
3. The anus.
4. An act of anal sex.
   • Go for a bum

Verb

1. To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.

Interjection

1. An expression of annoyance.

Noun

1. A homeless person, usually a man.
2. A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
   • Fred is becoming a bum—he’s not even bothering to work more than once a month.
   • That mechanic’s a bum—he couldn’t fix a yo-yo.
   • That guy keeps interrupting the concert. Throw the bum out!
3. A player or racer who often performs poorly.
   • Trade him to another team, he’s a bum!
4. A drinking spree.

Verb

1. .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with off or off of] To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
   • Can I bum a cigarette off you?
2. To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.
   • I think I’ll just bum around downtown for a while until dinner.
3. To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).

Adjective

1. Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
   • What kind of bum note was that??
   • The defensive line made a bum rush on the quarterback.
2. Unfair.
   • The union reps gave us a bum deal!
3. Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
   • I can’t play football anymore on account of my bum knee.
4. Unpleasant or unhappy.
   • He had a bum trip on that mescaline.

Verb

1. To depress; to make unhappy.

Noun

1. A humming noise.

Verb

1. To make a murmuring or humming sound.

Noun

1. A bumbailiff.

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