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  • 1bum — 1. noun a) The buttocks. Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes. b) The anus. Fred is becoming a bum hes not even bothering to work more than once a month. Syn: arse, ass …

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  • 2bum something (off someone) — tv. to beg r borrow something (from someone). □ Can I bum a cigarette off you? □ Can I bum a quarter for a phone call? …

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  • 3bum — Noun. 1. The buttocks or anus. 2. A objectionable person. 3. A beggar, homeless person. Derog. Orig. U.S. Verb. 1. To beg. E.g. Can I bum a cigarette off you until I buy some later? 2. To bugger, sodomize. Adj. Great, excellent …

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  • 4bum — [[t]bʌ̱m[/t]] bums, bumming, bummed 1) N COUNT: poss N Someone s bum is the part of their body which they sit on. [BRIT, INFORMAL, RUDE] Syn: bottom 2) N COUNT A bum is a person who has no permanent home or job and who gets money by working… …

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  • 5bum — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bom Date: 14th century buttocks II. adjective Etymology: perhaps from 4bum Date: 1859 1. a. of poor quality or nature < bum luck > …

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  • 6bum — bum1 [ bʌm ] noun count INFORMAL 1. ) AMERICAN someone without a job or place to live who asks people for money in the street 2. ) AMERICAN a lazy person 3. ) someone who spends all their time doing an activity or being in a place they enjoy: a&#8230; …

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  • 7bum — I UK [bʌm] / US noun [countable] Word forms bum : singular bum plural bums informal 1) British the part of your body that you sit on 2) someone who spends all their time doing an activity or being in a place they enjoy a beach bum 3) mainly&#8230; …

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  • 8List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English …

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  • 9skag — AND scag [skseg] 1. n. a rotten thing or person. □ Don’t be such a skag. Who do you think you are? □ Gary has become more of a scag than I can stand. 2. n. a very ugly woman. (Collegiate.) □ What a skag! I wouldn’t be seen with her …

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  • 10straight — 1. mod. honest; unembellished. □ This is the straight truth. □ Have I ever been anything but straight with you? 2. n. a tobacco cigarette; a tobacco cigarette butt. (As opposed to a marijuana cigarette. See also slim.) □ No, I want a straight.&#8230; …

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