Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bum"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Bum \Bum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bummed}; p. pr. & vb.n.
{Bumming} (?).] [See {Boom}, v. i., to roar.]
To make murmuring or humming sound. --Jamieson.

bum
adj : (informal) of very poor quality [syn: {cheap}, {cheesy}, {chintzy},
{crummy}, {punk}, {sleazy}, {tinny}]
n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
"only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw
the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!" [syn: {rotter},
{rat}, {skunk}, {stinker}, {stinkpot}, {puke}, {crumb},
{lowlife}, {scum bag}, {so-and-so}]
2: a disreputable vagrant [syn: {tramp}, {hobo}]
3: person who does no work [syn: {idler}, {loafer}, {do-nothing},
{layabout}]
4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on [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}]
v : ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: {mooch}, {cadge},
{grub}, {sponge}]

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