āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻāĻŦāĻā§āĻ°ā§, āĻā§āĻšāĻšā§āĻ¨
a vagrant
02
āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤āĻŽā§āĻŦ
the fleshy part at the back of the body
Dialect
British
British
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The child giggled after falling onto his bum in the sandbox.
āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻšā§āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ āĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻ˛āĻ¸, āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻ¯
a person regarded as despicable, lazy, or worthless
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She called her ex a bum after he borrowed money and never paid it back.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻ¨āĻā§ āĻ
āĻ˛āĻ¸ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
04
āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ, āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻā§
someone who is feeling disappointed, down, or depressed, often due to a situation not going as expected
Disapproving
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He was in a bum mood after hearing the bad news.
āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻŦāĻ° āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
to bum
01
āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to get something through asking without offering anything in exchange
Transitive: to bum sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Rather than buying lunch, she preferred to bum snacks from her classmates.
āĻ˛āĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻĻāĻ˛ā§, āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻšāĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤
01
āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ°, āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻ°
of very poor quality; flimsy
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
