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bum

/ˈbʌm/

US UK

noun

plural bums

[count] chiefly US informal + disapproving :a person who has no place to live and no job and who asks people for money

Bums [=vagrants] often sleep on the park's benches.

a deserted building where bums [=derelicts] sometimes sleep

informal :a person who is lazy or who does something badly

Get to work, you lazy bum!

He didn't even bother to write. What a bum!

a person who spends a lot of time relaxing and doing something fun rather than working

a beach bum [=a person who spends a lot of time at the beach]

a ski bum - compare 5bum

verb

bums; bummed; bumming

[+ obj] informal :to get (something) for free by asking :to ask for and get (something)

Can I bum [=hitch] a ride with you?

She's always bumming cigarettes off people. - compare 3bum

bum around

or Brit bum about

[phrasal verb] informal

bum around/about or bum around/about (a place) :to spend time relaxing in (a place) instead of working

I spent the whole day just bumming around the house.

bum around/about (a place) :to spend time living and traveling in (a place) without a job or much money

After graduation, she bummed around Mexico for a while.

verb

bums; bummed; bumming

US informal

[+ obj] :to cause (someone) to feel sad or disappointed - usually + out

The news really bummed me out. = I was really bummed (out) by the news.

always used in progressive tenses [no obj] :to feel sad or disappointed about something

She's bumming because she can't go to the concert. - compare 2bum

adjective

always used before a noun

informal

of bad quality

We lost money thanks to your bum [=bad] advice.

bum luck

I got a bum deal on this car. [=this car is worth much less than what I paid for it] - see also bum rap at 1rap

not legally acceptable :not valid

He's known for writing/passing bum checks. [=checks that promise money he does not have; checks that bounce]

US :injured or damaged

He has a bum knee/ankle/leg. [=his knee/ankle/leg does not function properly, is painful, etc.]

noun

plural bums

[count] chiefly Brit informal :the part of the body that you sit on :buttocks

He slipped and fell on his bum. [=behind, backside, bottom]

Get off your bum [=butt] and get to work! - compare 1bum

get/put bums on seats

Brit informal :to attract people to see a movie, play, game, etc.

She has the looks and voice that really get/put bums on seats.

* Các từ tương tự:
bumble, bumblebee, bumf, bummer, bump, bumper, bumper car, bumper sticker, bumper-to-bumper