| NOUN | person | bum, rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible |
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| person | bum, tramp, hobo | a disreputable vagrant | |
| person | bum, idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout | person who does no work | |
| body | bum, 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 | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | |
| VERB | possession | bum, mooch, cadge, grub, sponge | ask for and get free |
| stative | 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 | be lazy or idle | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny | of very poor quality |
| Sounds | bah'm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | Of very poor quality; flimsy. | |
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| Synonyms | cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny | |
| Broader | inferior | Of low or inferior quality |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | barato, caseoso, chungo, malo | |
| Catalan | fotut | |
| Nouns | bum | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible |
| Meaning | A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. | |
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| Example | "throw the bum out" | |
| Synonyms | rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git | |
| Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person | A person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
| Spanish | bribón, cabrón, canalla, fulano, Fulano, gilipollas, git, miserable, perro, rata, sinvergüenza, vagabundo, villano, vómito, zorro | |
| Catalan | brètol, cabró, canalla, fill de puta, gilipollas, git, pocavergonya, rata | |
| Adjectives | bum | of very poor quality |
| Meaning | A disreputable vagrant. | |
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| Example | "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums" | |
| Synonyms | tramp, hobo | |
| Narrower | dosser, street person | someone who sleeps in any convenient place |
| Broader | vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond, clochard | A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support |
| Spanish | hobo, indigente, mendigo, vagabundo | |
| Catalan | hobo, polissó, rodamón | |
| Meaning | The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. | |
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| Synonyms | 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 | |
| Part of | torso, trunk, body | The body excluding the head and neck and limbs |
| Broader | body part | Any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
| Spanish | ancas, ano, as de oros, asentaderas, asiento, cachas, cachetes, cola, culo, fin, fondo, glúteos, grupa, keister, nalga, nalgas, ocóte, pandero, pompis, posaderas, posas, posterior, poto, rulé, suelo, trasero, tras, traste, tuje | |
| Catalan | cul, darrere, keister, natges, natja, pandero, paner, posterior, tafanari | |
| Meaning | ask for and get free; be a parasite. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | mooch, cadge, grub, sponge | |
| Narrower | freeload | Live off somebody's generosity |
| Broader | obtain | Come into possession of |
| Spanish | gorronear | |
| Catalan | gorrejar | |
| Nouns | bum | person who does no work |
| Meaning | Be lazy or idle. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Her son is just bumming around all day" | |
| Synonyms | bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about | |
| Broader | idle, laze, slug, stagnate | Be idle |
| Spanish | haraganear | |
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