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bummed around

bummed around is the simple past and past participle of bum around.

Meaning of bum around

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

Questions about bummed around

What is bummed around the simple past and past participle of?
Bummed around is the simple past and past participle of bum around.

Words near bummed around in the dictionary

  1. bummalow
  2. bummalows
  3. bummaree
  4. bummarees
  5. bummed
  6. bummed around
  7. bummed out
  8. bummelo
  9. bummelos
  10. bummer
  11. bummers

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