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bum around

bum around verb: to wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.

Verb

bum around (third-person singular simple present bums around, present participle bumming around, simple past and past participle bummed around)

  1. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.
    • Along the way, he dropped out of sight several times to bum around South America.1974 November 25, “The Original Kojak”, in Time

Forms of bum around

third-person singular presentbums around
present participlebumming around
past participlebummed around
pastbummed around

Questions about bum around

What does bum around mean?
Bum around means to wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.
What part of speech is bum around?
Bum around is a verb.
What is the past tense of bum around?
The past tense of bum around is bummed around.

Words near bum around in the dictionary

  1. Bulyeroi
  2. Bulz
  3. Bulzești
  4. Bulzeștii de Sus
  5. bum
  6. bum around
  7. bum bag
  8. bum bags
  9. bum beef
  10. bum boy
  11. bum boys

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