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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BUM, n. The buttocks; the part on which we sit.
BUM, v.i. To make a noise.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of very poor quality; flimsy [syn: bum, 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!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git]
2: a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums" [syn: tramp, hobo, bum]
3: person who does no work; "a lazy bum" [syn: idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum]
4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, 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
1: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge]
2: be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" [syn: bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English bom Date: 14th century buttocks II. adjective Etymology: perhaps from ⁴bum Date: 1859 1. a. of poor quality or nature <bum luck> <bum advice> b. not valid or deserved <a bum check> <a bum rap> c. not pleasant or enjoyable <a bum trip> 2. affected or disabled by damage or injury <a bum knee> III. verb (bummed; bumming) Etymology: probably back-formation from ¹bummer Date: 1863 intransitive verb 1. loaf 2. to spend time unemployed and often wandering — often used with around transitive verb to obtain by asking or begging ; cadge <bum a cigarette> IV. noun Etymology: probably short for ¹bummer Date: 1864 1. a. one who sponges off others and avoids work b. one who performs a function poorly <called the umpire a bum> c. one whose time is devoted to a recreational activity <a beach bum> <ski bums> 2. vagrant, tramp V. noun Etymology: perhaps from ³bum Date: 1863 a drinking spree ; bender VI. transitive verb Etymology: probably back-formation from ²bummer Date: 1973 disappoint, depress — often used with out <the news really bummed me out>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. Brit. sl. the buttocks. Phrases and idioms: bum-bailiff hist. a bailiff empowered to collect debts or arrest debtors for non-payment. bum-boat any small boat plying with provisions etc. for ships. bum-sucker sl. a toady. bum-sucking toadying. Etymology: ME bom, of unkn. orig. 2. n., v., & adj. US sl. --n. a habitual loafer or tramp; a lazy dissolute person. --v. (bummed, bumming) 1 intr. (often foll. by about, around) loaf or wander around; be a bum. 2 tr. get by begging; cadge. --attrib.adj. of poor quality. Phrases and idioms: bum rap imprisonment on a false charge. bum's rush forcible ejection. bum steer false information. on the bum vagrant, begging. Etymology: prob. abbr. or back-form. f. BUMMER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bum Bum, n. [Contr. fr. bottom in this sense.] The buttock. [Low] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bum Bum, n. A humming noise. --Halliwell.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bums, bumming, bummed) 1. Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on. (BRIT INFORMAL, RUDE) = 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

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

the breech, or backside.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To arrest a debtor. The gill bummed the swell for a thimble; the tradesman arrested the gentleman for a watch.

Foolish Dictionary

A fallen tough.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	BUM
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ACE
FAA District	NONE
State	MO
State	MISSOURI
County	BATES
County State	MO
City Name	BUTLER
Full Name	BUTLER MEMORIAL
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"BUTLER, MO 64730"
Elevation	892
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	KANSAS CITY
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	02
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	N
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	017
Based Ultralight aircraft	002
Air Taxi	000200
General Aviation, Local Operations	001800
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	004250
Military Aircraft Operations	000025
Latitude	38.2897702778
Longitude	-94.3401269444
State FIPS code	29
State Postal Code	MO
Version	09

Moby Thesaurus

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