B2noun · rare

bum

bum · bums

зад, захисник, спинка

зад, защитник, спина

Ende, Hintergrund, Rücken

The buttocksThe buttocks.

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/bʌm/

» I'm a good-for-nothing bum.

Ich bin ein nichtsnutziger Penner.

Я никчёмный бомж.

Я никчёмный бездельник.

Я никчёмный бродяга.

Я нікчемний бомж.

Я нікчемна дупа.

Meaning

9 senses

(Commonwealth, childish, informal)The buttocks.
Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bum.
за́дницаzádnica
ду́паdúpa, сра́каsráka
(Commonwealth, childish, informal, specifically)The anus.
Hintern, Po, Popo
за́дницаzádnica
ду́паdúpa, сра́каsráka, задzad
(East Midlands, slang, vulgar)An act of anal sex.
Go for a bum
(colloquial, derogatory, sometimes)A homeless person, usually a man.
Obdachloser, Penner, Sandler
бомжbomž, попроша́йкаpoprošájka, бродя́гаbrodjága
бомжbomž
person who does no work
(also, broadly, colloquial, derogatory, sometimes)A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
Fred is becoming a bum—he’s not even bothering to work more than once a month.
That mechanic’s a bum—he couldn’t fix a yo-yo.
(colloquial)A player or racer who often performs poorly.
Trade him to another team, he’s a bum!
Blindgänger, Niete, Null
(colloquial)A drinking spree.
(colloquial, dated, slang)A humming noise.
(colloquial, obsolete, slang)A bumbailiff.

Examples

88 sentences

I'm a good-for-nothing bum.
Я нікчемний бомж.
ruЯ никчёмный бомж.
deIch bin ein nichtsnutziger Penner.
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Tom is a bum.
Том — бомж.
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Tom is a lazy bum.
Том — ледащо.
ruТом — лентяй.
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Tom is going to be bummed.
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I knew Tom was a bum.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

informal: butt(ocks) specifically:

informal: buttocks or anus:

hobo:

Русский

By meaning 2

informal: butt(ocks) specifically:

hobo:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

informal: buttocks or anus:

anus specifically:

hobo:

player or racer who performs poorly:

Origin

Attested since the 1300s, as Middle English bom (found in John Trevisa's 1387 Translation

Attested since the 1300s, as Middle English bom (found in John Trevisa's 1387 Translation of the 'Polychronicon' of Ranulph Higden, "his bom is oute"), of uncertain origin. Sometimes suggested to be a shortening of botme, botom, bottum (“bottom”), but this is contradicted by the fact that bottom is not attested in reference to the buttocks until the late 1700s. Suggested by some old and modern references to be onomatopoeic.

1864, back-formation from bummer, from German Bummler (“loafer”), from bummeln (“to loaf”).

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