verb
- asking for or obtaining something from someone without paying or giving anything in return
- traveling or living as a vagrant or homeless person
- making someone feel sad or disappointed
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: slang
Examples
- He’s always bumming cigarettes from his coworkers.
- She spent the summer bumming rides to the beach.
- After college, he was bumming around Europe for a year.
- The homeless man was bumming on the streets downtown.
- That movie was really bumming me out.
- Stop bumming money off your parents and get a job.