noun
- a person who avoids work and lives by begging or asking others for money
- the buttocks
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
verb
- to ask for or obtain by begging
Usage: informal
adjective
- of poor quality; worthless
Usage: informal
Examples
- The old bum asked for spare change outside the store.
- She fell and hurt her bum on the concrete steps.
- Can I bum a cigarette from you?
- He gave me some bum advice about investing.
- The homeless bum slept on the park bench.
- That was a bum deal they offered us.
- Don’t bum money off your friends all the time.