• BUM
adj. 1. 1859 – of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; faulty → sl., orig. US
adj. 2. 1943 – ill, though not seriously so → Amer. dial.
n. 1. 1387 – the buttocks → sl., chiefly British
n. 2. 1863 – a debauch or spree → US colloq.
n. 3. 1864 – a vagrant, a tramp, a good-for-nothing; a lazy shiftless person; a habitual loafer → sl., orig. & chiefly US
n. 4. 1882 – a worthless or contemptible person; a lazy or irresponsible person → derogatory
n. 4. 1896 – a state of disorder → US colloq.
n. 5. 1904 – any frolic → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 6. 1915 – a second-rate racehorse → depreciative
n. 6. 1931 – a motherless lamb that is raised by hand → Amer. dial.
n. 7. 1917 an unskilled or second-rate boxer → depreciative
n. 8. 1923 – a sexually promiscuous woman; a prostitute → US sl.
n. 9. 1966 – a big marble used to knock others out of the ring → Amer. dial.
n. 10. 1967 – a bump; a lump from a sharp blow or knock → Amer. dial.
vb. 1. 1860 – to carouse → US Civil War usage
vb. 2. 1883 – to knock about; to wander around, to loaf → US colloq.
vb. 3. 1889 – to go ‘on the bum’; to act as a ‘bum’; to sponge → US colloq.
vb. 4. 1896 – to travel on a train without a ticket → US colloq.
vb. 5. 1903 – to possess carnally → sl. (Bk.)
vb. 6. 1966 – to play hooky → Amer. dial.
vb. 7. 1970 – to say uncomplimentary things about somebody; to bad-mouth → Amer. dial.
• BUM A LAMB
vb. 1938 – to take it away from its mother and raise it by hand → Amer. dial.
• BUM AROUND
vb. 1990 – to wander around → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• BUMB
n. 1598 – a pimple → obs.
• BUMBA
n. 1968 – the buttocks → Amer. dial.
• BUM-BAGS
n. 1840 – trousers, breeches → Eng. dial. & sl.
• BUM BANDIT
n. 1972 – a homosexual man → sl., derogatory & offensive
• BUMBARD • BUMBART
adj. 1513 – lazy, idle → Sc. obs.
n. 1. 1513 – a lazy, foolish, or stupid person → Sc. obs.
n. 2. 1614 – a bumblebee → Sc. obs.
• BUMBASOL
n. 1965 – an umbrella → Amer. dial.
• BUMBASTE
vb. 1. 1571 – to beat on the posteriors; to inflict school punishment; hence, to flog, to thrash, to beat or baste soundly → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. 1640 – to drink an alcoholic drink quickly → obs.
vb. 3. ..19C – to copulate → sl.
• BUMBASTO
n. 1969 – the buttocks → Amer. dial.
• BUMBAZE
vb. 1587 – to amaze, confound, bewilder, perplex, bamboozle; to look aghast, confounded, stupefied → chiefly Sc.
• BUMBAZED
adj. 1720 – perplexed, bewildered; confounded, stupefied → chiefly Sc.
• BUM-BEATING
n. 1625 – a jostling or barging people in the street → obs.
• BUMBEE
n. 1605 – a bumblebee → chiefly Sc.
• BUM-BEEFED
adj. 1960 – framed by the police as in the case when drugs are planted in one’s pocket by the arresting officer → African-American sl.
• BUMBERALL
n. 1896 – an umbrella → Amer. dial.
• BUMBERELL
n. 1902 – an umbrella → Amer. dial.
• BUMBERELLA
n. 1965 – an umbrella → Amer. dial.
• BUMBERSHOOT
n. 1876 – an umbrella → sl., chiefly US
• BUMBERSOL • BUMBERSOLL
n. 1901 – an umbrella → Amer. dial.
• BUMBERSOME
adj. 1965 – clumsy, awkward → Amer. dial.
• BUMBIE
n. 1585 – a blundering or incompetent person → Sc. obs.
• BUM-BLADE
n. 1640 – a large sword → obs.
• BUMBLE
n. 1. 1599 – a bumblebee
n. 2. 1623 – a blindfold → obs.
n. 3. 1648 – a confused, disorganized, or untidy collection of things; a jumble, a muddle, a mess
n. 4. 1786 – a lazy or feckless person; an idler → Sc. obs.
n. 5. 1789 – a blundering or incompetent person → Sc. obs.
n. 6. 1823 – a mistake, a blunder; a bungled task → orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 7. 1834 – a buzzing or humming noise
n. 8. 1856 – a beadle; a member of a municipal corporation, parish council, or the like, to whom official pomposity and fussy stupidity are attributed; a consequential jack-in-office
n. 9. 1968 – a lump on the head from a sharp blow or knock → Amer. dial.
vb. 1. 1533 – to act or move in an awkward or confused manner; to blunder about clumsily, incompetently, or carelessly
vb. 2. 1675 – to grumble at; to blame, to take to task → obs.
vb. 3. 1680 – to have sexual intercourse with → obs.
vb. 4. 1689 – of a bee, fly, etc.: to buzz, to hum
vb. 5. 1911 – to speak in a rambling, incoherent, or indistinct way, especially at tedious length
• BUMBLE ALONG
vb. 1. 1898 – to move slowly or awkwardly along one’s way
vb. 2. 1958 – to live one’s life without a plan, goal, or guiding principle; to muddle along
• BUMBLE-ARSED
adj. 1661 – clumsy, awkward; bumbling
• BUMBLE-BATH
n. 1. 1595 – a bed or room in a brothel → obs.
n. 2. 1965 – a mess, a muddle, a pickle, a confusion
• BUMBLEBEE
n. 1970 – a big marble used to knock others out of the ring → Amer. dial.
• BUMBLEBEE STEW
n. 1956 – strong whisky, moonshine → Amer. dial.
• BUMBLEBEE WHISKY
n. 1867 – strong whisky, moonshine → Amer. dial.
• BUMBLEBERRY
n. 1728 – a blackberry → chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial., obs.
• BUMBLE BROTH
n. 1. 1572 – a mess; a muddle
n. 2. 1602 – the vagina → obs.
n. 3. 1624 – soapsuds; bubbly or frothy water resembling soapsuds → obs.
• BUMBLEBUG
n. 1965 – a very awkward, clumsy person → Amer. dial.
• BUMBLEDOM
n. 1847 – petty local bureaucracy; officious and pompous behaviour by minor officials → depreciative
• BUMBLE FOOT
n. 1832 – orig. a club foot, or a foot with a deformity causing it to be unable to bend properly; later, a person who is awkward, clumsy, or bumbling
• BUMBLE-FOOTED
adj. 1823 – orig., having a club foot or other deformity of the foot, causing it to be unable to bend properly; later, awkward, clumsy; bumbling
• BUMBLE-KITE
n. 1. 1685 – a blackberry → Eng. dial.
n. 2. ..19C – a person with a protuberant stomach → Eng. dial.
n. 3. ..19C – one whose clumsiness is productive of mischief → Eng. dial.
• BUMBLE-LIKE
adj. 1845 – petty, officious, and pompous in enforcing bureaucratic regulations → depreciative
• BUMBLEPUPPER
n. 1891 – a person who plays whist or bridge in an unskilful or amateurish way → obs.
• BUMBLEPUPPIST
n. 1880 – a person who plays whist or bridge in an unskilful or amateurish way → obs.
• BUMBLER
n. 1. 1530 – a person who does something in a confused, blundering, or ineffectual way; an incompetent person; a bungler
n. 2. 1825 – a bumblebee → orig. Eng. dial.
n. 3. 1876 – any insect which makes a buzzing or humming sound, as a fly → Eng. dial.
• BUMBLER BEE
n. 1883 – a bumblebee → Amer. dial.
• BUMBLERSHOOT
n. 1965 – an umbrella → Amer. dial.
• BUMBLES
n. 1825 – coverings for the eyes of a horse that restrict its vision more than blinkers → Eng. dial.
• BUMBLESHOOT
n. 1941 – an umbrella → Amer. dial.
• BUMBLINGS
n. 1913 – adulterated moonshine whisky → Amer. dial.
• BUMBLY
adj. 1884 – awkward, clumsy, blundering, esp. in an endearing way
n. 1970 – a striped marble with a white background → Amer. dial.
• BUMBLY BEE
n. 1968 – a bumblebee → Amer. dial.
• BUMBO
n. 1774 – the vagina → sl., orig. & chiefly Jamaican
• BUMBOAT
n. 1910 – a hawker or peddler aboard a Navy ship → Amer. World War I sl.
• BUMBOCLAAT
adj. 1957 – despicable, contemptible → sl., orig. & chiefly Jamaican
n. 1. 1967 – a sanitary towel → sl., orig. & chiefly Jamaican
n. 2. 1983 – a despicable or contemptible person → sl., orig. & chiefly Jamaican
• BUMBOSCIS
n. 1967 – the nose → Amer. dial.
• BUMBOSITY
n. 1950 – the buttocks → Amer. dial.
• BUM-BOY
n. 1. 1907 – a person who performs all kinds of tasks, esp. menial ones
n. 2. 1929 – a young male homosexual, esp. a prostitute → sl., derogatory
n. 3. 1984 – an obsequious person; a sycophant
• BUMBRELLA
n. 1965 – an umbrella → Amer. dial.
• BUM-BRUSHER
n. 1682 – a schoolteacher, esp. one who favours corporal punishment → sl.
• BUMBY
adv. 1786 – by and by, presently → Amer. dial.
n. 1632 – a quagmire; also, a rubbish heap or compost heap
• BUMBYE
adv. 1727 – before long, presently, eventually → orig. African-American
• BUM-CARD
n. 1555 – a marked playing card, used to enable a player to cheat or to facilitate conjuring tricks → obs.
• BUM CHECK
n. 1990 – a bad cheque; a forged cheque → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• BUM CHEEKS
n. 1890 – the buttocks
• BUM CHUM
n. 1972 – a homosexual man, esp. one viewed as the partner of another → sl., usually derogatory & offensive
• BUM-COOLER
n. 1891 – a short jacket → sl. (Bk.)
• BUM CRACK
n. 1. 1604 – a breaking wind; a fart → colloq., obs.
n. 2. 1980 – the cleft between the buttocks → colloq.
• BUM CREEPER
n. 1652 – a person who walks bent almost double → obs.
• BUM CRUMB
n. 2003 – a small lump of excrement that clings to the anal hair → UK sl.
• BUM-CURTAIN
n. 1. ..19C – trousers, breeches → sl.
n. 2. ..19C – a jacket → sl.
n. 3. 1889 – an old name for academical gowns when they were worn scant and short → Cambridge University sl.
• BUM DOGS
n. 1942 – tired or sore feet → US sl. (Bk.)
• BUM DOUGH
n. 1992 – counterfeit money → US sl.
• BUMERELL
n. 1913 – umbrella → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• BUMF
n. 1. 1889 – paper of any kind → sl., orig. Brit. public schools
n. 2. 1912 – toilet paper → UK sl.
n. 3. 1917 – written or printed material that is seen as useless, tedious, or unnecessary, such as bureaucratic paperwork, advertising, etc. → orig. military sl.
• BUM-FACE
n. 1. 1919 – an unattractive, despicable, or hated person → sl., derogatory
n. 2. 1972 – a term of address → UK sl., derogatory
• BUMFEAGE • BUMFEG
vb. 1589 – to give a beating to; to beat soundly, to thrash → obs.
• BUMFEAGLE
vb. 1598 – to give a beating to → obs.
• BUMF-HUNT
n. 1889 – a paper-chase → sl.
• BUMFIDDLE
n. 1661 – a person’s bottom → arch.
vb. 1. 1595 – to beat, to strike, to thrash → obs.
vb. 2. 1625 – to confuse, to confound → obs.
vb. 3. 1630 – to have sexual intercourse with → obs.
vb. 4. 1656 – to play for a person on the fiddle → obs.
vb. 5. 1808 – to play a song badly on the fiddle → obs.
• BUMFIDDLER
n. 1. 1611 – a busybody; a fidgety person
n. 2. 1611 – a person who makes a sexual advance towards another → obs.
• BUMFIDGETS
n. 1950 – an aggravated state of nervousness; the fidgets → Amer. dial.
• BUMFLE
n. 1867 – a wrinkle, pucker, or unattractive bulge in a piece of clothing, etc. → Sc. & N. Ireland
vb. 1. 1832 – to cause something to bulge or swell; to puff up → chiefly Sc. & N. Ireland
vb. 2. 1911 – to cause clothing etc. to gather in untidy folds and wrinkles; to rumple, to pucker → chiefly Sc. & N. Ireland
• BUM FLUFF
n. 1. 1945 – empty talk; nonsense → Aust. sl.
n. 2. 1949 – the facial hair of an adolescent boy → UK sl.
n. 3. 2000 – a contemptible man, esp. one who is younger than, or of junior status to, the speaker → UK sl.
• BUM-FLUFFERIES
n. 2001 – details; the small print → UK sl.
• BUMFLY
adj. 1887 – of clothing, etc.: rumpled, puckered; bulging; of a person; wearing such clothing, untidy in appearance → Sc. & N. Ireland
• BUM-FODDER
n. 1. 1653 – ‘soft paper for the necessary house’; toilet paper
n. 2. 1654 – worthless literature only good for use as toilet paper → sl.
n. 3. 1900 – tabloid newspapers → US sl.
• BUMFOODLED
adj. 1966 – confused, mixed up → Amer. dial.
• BUMFOOZLE
vb. 1880 – to play tricks upon; to deceive; to humbug; to bewilder, to confuse, to perplex → Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BUMFOOZLED
adj. 1912 – bewildered, perplexed, confused, disconcerted, mixed up → Amer. dial.
• A BUM FOR LOOKS
n. 1. 1942 – something unattractive → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1942 – an unattractive person → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• BUM FREEZER
n. 1889 – a short jacket (thought of as) not covering the buttocks → sl., chiefly Brit.
• BUM-FUCK
n. 1. 1879 – anal sex → sl.
n. 2. 1899 – a homosexual man → sl., derogatory & offensive
n. 3. 1972 – a fictitious place characterized ad remote, rural, isolated, or boring → US, orig. military usage
vb. 1899 – to have anal intercourse; to sodomize someone → US sl.
• BUMFUDDLED
adj. 1956 – confused, mixed up → Amer. dial.
• BUMFUZZLE
vb. 1905 – to bewilder, to confuse, to perplex → Amer. dial.
• BUMFUZZLED
adj. 1878 – bewildered; confused; disconcerted → Amer. dial.
• BUMFUZZLER
n. 1966 – a television → Amer. dial.
• BUM-GROWN
adj. 1611 – having a large, fleshy bottom → obs.
• BUM-HEAD
n. 1966 – a cow that has never had horns → Amer. dial.
• BUMHOLE
n. 1. 1611 – the anus → sl., chiefly Brit.
n. 2. 1967 – a stupid, irritating, or contemptible person; a person who behaves in a despicable manner → sl., chiefly Brit.
n. 3. 1985 – a place or area considered extremely unpleasant or uninviting → sl., chiefly Brit.
• BUM HUNCH
n. 1942 – an erroneous idea or expectation → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• BUM ICE
n. 1973 – ice refrozen after a thaw → Amer. dial.
• BUM JACKET
n. 1967 – a short jacket → Amer. dial.
• BUMKIN
n. 1658 – a person’s buttocks → obs.
• BUM-LOOKER
n. 1942 – an unattractive person → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• BUMMAREE
n. 1738 – a usurer → London sl., obs.
• BUMMED
adj. 1. 1907 – damaged or injured; worn out, broken → colloq., orig. & chiefly US
adj. 2. 1970 – depressed, upset, sad; annoyed, angry → colloq., orig. & chiefly US
• BUMMED OUT
adj. 1990 – discouraged; depressed → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• BUMMEL
n. 1900 – a leisurely stroll or journey; a wander, a saunter
vb. 1900 – to stroll or wander around in a leisurely way; to laze about
• BUMMELLING
n. 1902 – a strolling or wandering around in a leisurely way; lazy or leisurely inactivity
• BUMMER
int. 1972 – an exclamation of disappointment or annoyance, or sympathy for another’s ill fortune → orig. US
n. 1. 1675 – a bum-bailiff; a bailiff who is empowered to execute writs and warrants → obs.
n. 2. 1822 – a bumblebee; any insect which makes a buzzing or humming sound
n. 3. 1855 – an idler, loafer, lounger; a worthless, lazy fellow → Amer. sl.
n. 4. 1860 – a generic name for the destructive horde of deserters, stragglers, runaway slaves, and marauders who helped make life miserable in the war-torn South → US Civil War usage
n. 5. 1860 – a person more interested in the spoils of war than in good conduct; a predatory soldier → US Civil War usage
n. 6. 1861 – a soldier who is a deserter, straggler, or malingerer → American Civil War usage
n. 7. 1872 – a politician or public official who is idle or corrupt; a hanger-on of a political party’s officers → US sl., obs.
n. 8. ..20C – a bad break; a nasty experience → teen & high school sl.
n. 9. 1913 – a disagreeable thing or person; a worthless person → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 10. 1940 – a motherless lamb that is raised by hand → Amer. dial.
n. 11. 1948 – a person who bums, scrounges, begs for, or cadges something, usually cigarettes or drinks
n. 12. 1965 – a homosexual man → sl., usually derogatory
n. 13. 1966 – something depressing → sl., orig. US
n. 14. 1967 – a disappointing, unpleasant, or unwanted situation; a disappointment, a failure → orig. US
n. 15. 1966 – an unpleasant experience induced by a hallucinogenic drug → sl., orig. & chiefly US
n. 16. 1966 – a big marble used to knock others out of the ring → Amer. dial.
n. 17. 1970 – a difficult teacher or course → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
• BUMMERISH
adj. 1871 – reminiscent of the way a vagrant or loafer behaves → obs.
• BUMMERISM
n. 1858 – action or behaviour characteristic of a vagrant or loafer; idleness, scrounging; also, corruption on the part of politicians and public officials → US., obs., depreciative
• BUMMERY
n. 1887 – action or behaviour characteristic of a vagrant or loafer; idleness, scrounging → US., obs., depreciative
• BUMMIE
n. 1970 – a tramp, a hobo, a transient → US railroad sl. (Bk.)
• BUMMILL BATY
n. 1568 – a lazy or feckless person; an idler → Sc. obs., derogatory
• BUMMING
adj. 1990 – down; depressed; suffering from something disagreeable → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• BUMMOX
n. 1941 – an awkward, clumsy person → Amer. dial.
• BUMMY
adj. 1. 1888 – of poor quality; spoiled, unusable; of a person: unwell → colloq., orig. & chiefly US
adj. 2. 1890 – suggestive of a bum or vagrant; scruffy, unkempt → colloq., orig. & chiefly US
adj. 3. 1931 – ill, though not seriously so, indisposed → Amer. dial.
• BUM NAKED
adj. 1965 – completely naked → Amer. dial.
• BUM OUT
n. 1940 – (as ‘bum-out’) an assignment to easy work → US Army & prison sl.
vb. 1. 1970 – to fail a test → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
vb. 2. 1990 – to have a bad experience → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 3. 1990 – to have a bad experience with drugs → Amer. drug culture sl. (Bk.)
• BUMP
n. 1. 1899 – a pimple → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1960 – a boil → Amer. dial.
n. 3. 1960 – a hickey → Amer. dial.
n. 4. 1966 – the buttocks → Amer. dial.
n. 5. 1980 – robbery → African-American sl.
vb. 1. 1860 – to kill; to die; to shell of bombard a certain position → US Civil War usage
vb. 2. 1942 – to ruin; to destroy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 3. 1980 – to rob → African-American sl.
vb. 4. 1990 – to deliberately drive into someone’s moving car for the purpose of stalling and robbing them → African-American sl.
• BUMPA
n. 1984 – the buttocks → Amer. dial.
• BUMP AND GRAB
vb. 1990 – to deliberately drive into someone’s moving car for the purpose of stalling and robbing them → African-American sl.
• BUMP BELLIES
vb. 20C – to have sexual intercourse → US sl.
• BUMPED OFF
adj. 1910 – killed → Amer. World War I sl.
• BUMPER
adj. 1836 – excellent; first-rate; exceptionally large or abundant
n. 1. 1670 – a cup or glass of alcoholic drink filled to the brim, esp. for a toast
n. 2. 1759 – anything unusually large, abundant, or excellent → sl.
n. 3. 1723 – a crowded house at a theatre → theatrical sl., obs.
n. 4. 1899 – a cigarette butt → Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 5. 1900 – an amateur rider in a horse race → Irish English, colloq.
n. 6. 1930 – a nickel → African-American sl.
n. 7. 1945 – a boost up → Amer. dial.
n. 8. 1950 – the buttocks → Amer. dial.
n. 9. 1968 – one’s grandfather; used as an affectionate form of address → Amer. dial.
vb. 1. 1691 – to drink a toast in the form of a ‘bumper’ → obs.
vb. 2. 1822 – to cause bumps or jolts → obs.
• BUM-PERISHER
n. 1889 – a short jacket (thought of as) not covering the buttocks → sl., chiefly Brit.
• BUMPERIZE
vb. 1794 – to drink bumpers (bumper – a cup or glass of wine, etc., filled to the brim) → obs.
• BUMPER LIP
n. 1970 – a person with big lips → US high school sl. (Bk.)
• BUMPERSHOOT
n. 1965 – an umbrella → Amer. dial.
• BUMPERSOL
n. 1965 – an umbrella → Amer. dial.
• BUMPH
n. 1. 1889 – paperwork; official papers → UK sl.
n. 2. 1889 – toilet paper → UK sl.
• BUMPIE
n. 1980 – a Black upwardly mobile young professional → sl., orig. US
• BUMPING
adj. 1. 1566 – huge, great; of a drinking vessel: filled to the brim → colloq.
adj. 2. 1990 – having a ‘rocking’ good time → African-American sl.
n. 1. 1646 – the booming call of the bittern → rare
n. 2. 1751 – a seizing a person by the arms and legs and striking his or her rump against a post, wall, etc., esp. as a punishment → rare
• BUMPITY
n. 1968 – the buttocks → Amer. dial.
• BUMPITY-BUMP
adv. 1874 – jolting or jogging to and fro or up and down
• BUMPKINET
n. 1714 – a little bumpkin → obs.
• BUMPKINLY
adj. 1656 – characteristic of a bumpkin; unsophisticated, rustic, clownish
• BUMPKNOT
n. 1966 – a lump on the head from a sharp blow or knock → Amer. dial.
• BUMP’N
adj. 20C – of the highest quality, as clothes or music (pronounced BUM-pun) → teen & high school sl.
• BUMP NASTIES
vb. 1999 – to have sexual intercourse with a person → sl.
• BUMP’N LIKE A MUG
adj. 20C – of the highest quality, as clothes or music (pronounced BUM-pun) → teen & high school sl.
• BUMP OFF
n. 1921 – a murder → sl., orig. US
vb. 1. 1907 – to kill deliberately → sl., orig. US
vb. 2. 1942 – to ruin; to destroy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• BUMP ONE’S GUMS
vb. 1965 – to argue; to talk, esp. loudly or vociferously → Amer. dial.
• BUMPS
n. 1. 1965 – a rash → Amer. dial., esp. African-American
n. 2. 1968 – one’s grandfather; used as an affectionate form of address → Amer. dial.
• BUMP SOMEONE OFF
vb. 1990 – to kill someone → Amer. sl. orig. criminals’ usage (Bk.)
► BUMPSY adj. tipsy, intoxicated, drunk → 1611 obs.
• BUMPTERSHOOT
n. 1965 – an umbrella → Amer. dial.
• BUMPTIOUS
adj. 1803 – offensively self-conceited; self-assertive → colloq.
• BUMP UGLIES
vb. 1985 – to have sexual intercourse with a person → sl.
• BUMP-UP
n. 1. 1927 – a murder → sl., obs.
n. 2. 1927 – a sudden increase
• BUMPY
adj. 1917 – having many ups and downs or rough patches; fraught with difficulties, obstacles, etc.
n. 1966 – the buttocks → Amer. dial.
• BUM RAP
n. 1. 1913 – a false criminal charge; undeserved punishment → US sl.
n. 2. 1921 – an unjust criticism; an instance of being undeservedly blamed for something → US sl.
vb. 1. 1942 – (as ‘bum-rap’) to criticize or disparage undeservedly → sl., orig. & chiefly US
vb. 2. 1947 – (as ‘bum-rap’) to accuse someone of something falsely; to charge or convict falsely; to frame → US sl.
• BUM-RIDING
n. 1967 – hanging on to the bumper of a car and sliding along the icy streets → Amer. dial.
• BUM-RUSH
n. 1987 – a stampede or rush of people at a particular place or event; a scramble for something → sl., orig. US, esp. African-American
vb. 1. 1924 – to force a person or thing into a particular course or direction; to eject, to expel → sl., orig. US
vb. 2. 1987 – to force or barge one’s way into a place or event, as a rock concert, esp. as a part of a group or gang; to storm, to gatecrash → orig. African-American
vb. 3. 1988 – to attack with a sudden, violent rush, esp. as a group or gang; to assail, to assault → orig. African-American
• BUM-SHAVER
n. 1889 – a short jacket (thought of as) not covering the buttocks → sl., chiefly Brit.
• BUMSHOOT
n. 1941 – an umbrella → Amer. dial.
• BUM-SHOP
n. 1902 – a brothel → sl. (Bk.)
• BUM-SHUFFLE
vb. 1986 – to move by inching or shuffling along while in a sitting position → colloq.
• BUM-SICK TRAIN
n. 1942 – a train with a crew hostile to tramps → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• BUMSKY
adj. 1916 – of poor quality → Amer. dial.
• BUM SOMEONE OUT
vb. 1990 – to discourage someone → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• BUM SOMETHING OFF SOMEONE
vb. 1990 – to beg or borrow something from someone → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• THE BUM’S RUSH
n. 1910 – first applied to forcibly ejecting someone from a place, and hence more generally to dismissing someone → sl., orig. US
• BUM-STARVER
n. 1930 – a short jacket (thought of as) not covering the buttocks → sl., chiefly Brit.
• BUMSTEAD
n. 1966 – a large sandwich, layered with various ingredients; a ‘dagwood’ → Amer. dial.
• BUM STEER
n. 1898 – a piece of false information or unhelpful guidance or advice
• BUMSTER
n. 1992 – a young man who spends time (usually on the beach) approaching and talking to foreign tourists in an attempt to obtain money or other gifts; one who seeks romantic or sexual encounters with female tourists for this reason → The Gambia
• BUMSTERS
n. 1993 – trousers that are cut very low on the hips, so as to reveal the top of the wearer’s buttocks
• BUM-SUCK
vb. 1. 1918 – to behave obsequiously towards; to toady; to curry favour with → Brit. sl., derogatory
vb. 2. 1993 – to take a draw on a cigarette without inhaling the smoke → sl.
vb. 3. 1995 – to spoil a cigarette, esp. a marijuana cigarette, but making it wet with saliva → sl.
• BUM-SUCKER
n. 1877 – an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant → Brit. sl.
• BUM-SUCKING
n. 1949 – obsequious behaviour; toadying → Brit. sl.
• BUMSWIGGLE
vb. 1952 – to surprise → Amer. dial.
• BUM-THIN
adj. 1596 – having a narrow or scrawny bottom → obs.
• BUM TICKER
n. 1942 – a bad heart → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• BUM TRIP
n. 1. 1970 – a lazy or uninteresting person → US high school sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1990 – a bad drug experience → drug culture sl. (Bk.)
• BUM WAD
n. 1936 – toilet paper, or anything else used for the same purpose → Amer. dial.
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