bum

bum is a 3-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, intransitive verberb,, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The buttock. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The buttock.
2. intransitive verberb,. To make murmuring or humming sound.
3. noun. A humming noise.
4. noun. 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?"

   Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament

5. noun. person who does no work

   "a lazy bum"

   Synonyms: idler, layabout, loafer

6. noun. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

   "only a rotter would do that"

   "kill the rat"

   Synonyms: crumb, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, skunk, stinker, stinkpot

7. noun. a disreputable vagrant

   "a homeless tramp"

   "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"

   Synonyms: hobo, tramp

8. verb. ask for and get free; be a parasite

   Synonyms: cadge, grub, mooch, sponge

9. verb. be lazy or idle

   "Her son is just bumming around all day"

   Synonyms: loaf, loll

10. adjective. of very poor quality; flimsy

    Synonyms: cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny

Synonyms

arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rump, seat, stern, tail, tooshie, tush

Common word forms

bums, bummed, bummer, bummest, bumming

Words from these letters

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