transcription, транскрипция: [ bʌm ]
( bums, bumming, bummed)
1.
Someone’s bum is the part of their body which they sit on. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
= bottom
N-COUNT : poss N
2.
A bum is a person who has no permanent home or job and who gets money by working occasionally or by asking people for money. ( AM INFORMAL )
N-COUNT
3.
If someone refers to another person as a bum , they think that person is worthless or irresponsible. ( INFORMAL )
You’re all a bunch of bums.
N-COUNT [ disapproval ]
4.
Some people use bum to describe a situation that they find unpleasant or annoying. ( INFORMAL )
He knows you’re getting a bum deal.
ADJ : ADJ n
5.
If you bum something off someone, you ask them for it and they give it to you. ( INFORMAL )
Mind if I bum a cigarette?
VERB : V n
6.
If you bum around , you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do. ( INFORMAL )
I think they’re just bumming around at the moment, not doing a lot...
She went off to bum round the world with a boyfriend.
VERB : V around , V round n
7.
see also beach bum