bumming

Verb (1)

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

1. (Ireland, UK, colloquial, transitive) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
   • Your bars are fake and my bars are real; / Is it true you got bummed on a field?2016 December 3, “Soph Aspin Send”, performed by Millie B

   Synonyms:

   bumfuck

Verb (2)

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

1. (colloquial, transitive) [with off or (nonstandard) off of] To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
   • Can I bum a cigarette off you?

   Synonyms:

   cadge, beg, blag, leech, mooch, mump, scrounge, scunge, sponge, tap

2. (colloquial, intransitive) To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.
   • I think I’ll just bum around downtown for a while until dinner.

   Synonyms:

   loiter

3. (UK, colloquial, slang, transitive) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).

Verb (3)

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

1. (colloquial, slang) To depress; to make unhappy.

Verb (4)

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

1. (colloquial, intransitive, slang) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
   • English men bum there [Stirling] as thick as bees.1722, William Hamilton, The Wallace

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