bum
To sodomize; to engage in anal sexTo sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
Meaning
6 senses(Ireland, UK, colloquial, transitive)To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
(colloquial, transitive)[with off or (nonstandard) off of] To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
Can I bum a cigarette off you?
schnorren
кля́нчитьkljánčitʹ
ask for and get free; be a parasite
(colloquial, intransitive)To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.
I think I’ll just bum around downtown for a while until dinner.
(UK, colloquial, slang, transitive)To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
(colloquial, slang)To depress; to make unhappy.
(colloquial, intransitive, slang)To make a murmuring or humming sound.
Examples
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Origin
Attested since the 1300s, as Middle English bom (found in John Trevisa's 1387 TranslationAttested 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”).
Back-formation from bum out.
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Forms
bums, bumming, bummed, bummedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
23 synonyms- be lazy or idle:bum aroundbum aboutloaffrig aroundwaste one's timelounge aroundlollloll around
- ask for and get free; be a parasite:moochcadgegrubsponge
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle