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v. loiter, hang around; mope about
 
n. beggar, idler; buttocks (British slang)
 
adj. worthless, inferior

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Noun
1. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"
(synonym) rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git
(hypernym) unpleasant person, disagreeable person
2. a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
(synonym) tramp, hobo
(hypernym) vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond
(hyponym) dosser, street person
3. person who does no work; "a lazy bum"
(synonym) idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout
(hypernym) nonworker
(hyponym) clock watcher
(derivation) mooch, cadge, grub, sponge
4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
(synonym) 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
(hypernym) body part
(part-holonym) torso, trunk, body

Verb
1. ask for and get free; be a parasite
(synonym) mooch, cadge, grub, sponge
(hypernym) obtain
(hyponym) freeload
(derivation) idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout
2. be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
(synonym) bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about
(hypernym) idle, laze, slug, stagnate

Adjective
1. of very poor quality
(synonym) cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny
(similar) inferior
(classification) colloquialism


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interj. bang

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n. zadek