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bum shuffle

bum shuffle verb: to sit on the floor and move by scooting or sliding one's buttocks across the floor.

Verb

bum shuffle (third-person singular simple present bum shuffles, present participle bum shuffling, simple past and past participle bum shuffled)

  1. (informal) To sit on the floor and move by scooting or sliding one's buttocks across the floor.
    • The dog is wont to bum shuffle on the rug immediately after relieving himself outside.

Forms of bum shuffle

third-person singular presentbum shuffles
present participlebum shuffling
past participlebum shuffled
pastbum shuffled

Questions about bum shuffle

What does bum shuffle mean?
Bum shuffle means to sit on the floor and move by scooting or sliding one's buttocks across the floor.
What part of speech is bum shuffle?
Bum shuffle is a verb.
What is the past tense of bum shuffle?
The past tense of bum shuffle is bum shuffled.

Words near bum shuffle in the dictionary

  1. bum roll
  2. bum rolls
  3. bum rush
  4. bum rushes
  5. bum sex
  6. bum shuffle
  7. bum shuffled
  8. bum shuffles
  9. bum shuffling
  10. bum squabble
  11. bum squabbled

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