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English adjective: bum | |||
| 1. | bum of very poor quality; flimsy | ||
| Synonyms | cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny | ||
| Similar | inferior | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
| Antonyms | superior | ||
English noun: bum | |||
| 1. | bum (person) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | ||
| Samples | 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'. | ||
| Synonyms | crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable person, unpleasant person | ||
| 2. | bum (person) a disreputable vagrant | ||
| Samples | A homeless tramp. He tried to help the really down-and-out bums. | ||
| Synonyms | hobo, tramp | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dosser, street person | ||
| 3. | bum (person) person who does no work | ||
| Samples | A lazy bum. | ||
| Synonyms | do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | nonworker | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clock watcher, couch potato, dallier, dawdler, daydreamer, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, drone, goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, laggard, lagger, lazybones, lie-abed, loon, lounger, mope, ne'er-do-well, no-account, poke, shirker, slacker, slug, slugabed, sluggard, spiv, sunbather, trailer, trifler, whittler, woolgatherer | ||
| 4. | bum (body) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | ||
| Samples | He deserves a good kick in the butt. Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?. | ||
| Synonyms | arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body part | ||
| Part meronym | body, torso, trunk | ||
English verb: bum | |||
| 1. | bum (possession) ask for and get free; be a parasite | ||
| Synonyms | cadge, grub, mooch, sponge | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | obtain | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | freeload | ||
| 2. | bum (stative) be lazy or idle | ||
| Samples | Her son is just bumming around all day. | ||
| Synonyms | arse about, arse around, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | idle, laze, slug, stagnate | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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