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1. [N. Amer] A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
   "throw the bum out";
   - rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, crumb, lowlife, scumbag, so-and-so, git [Brit], sleazeball, slimebag, scuzzbag [N. Amer], scuzzbucket [N. Amer], ratbag [Brit], sleazebag, scuzz [N. Amer], toad, scuzzball [N. Amer], dirtbag [US], slimeball
    
2. [N. Amer] A disreputable vagrant
   "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums";
   - tramp, hobo [N. Amer], bindlestiff [US]
    
3. [N. Amer] Person who does no work
   "a lazy bum";
   - idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout
    
4. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   "he deserves a good kick in the bum";
   - buttocks, nates, butt, backside, buns [N. Amer], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament, hindquarters, hind end, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush [N. Amer], bottom, behind, derriere, heinie [US], derrière

1. Ask for and get free; be a parasite
   - mooch [N. Amer], cadge, grub, sponge, bludge [Austral, NZ]
    
2. Be lazy or idle
   "Her son is just bumming around all day";
   - bum around, bum about, arse around [Brit, Cdn], arse about [Brit, Cdn], loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about, slob [Brit]

1. Of very poor quality; flimsy
   - cheap, cheesy, chintzy [N. Amer], crummy, punk [N. Amer], sleazy, tinny, tacky, crumby

Derived forms: bummed, bums, bumming

See also: inferior

Type of: body part, disagreeable person, drifter, floater, idle, laze, nonworker, obtain, slug, stagnate, unpleasant person, vagabond, vagrant

Part of: body, torso, trunk

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