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bumming around

bumming around is the present participle and gerund 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 bumming around

What is bumming around the present participle and gerund of?
Bumming around is the present participle and gerund of bum around.

Words near bumming around in the dictionary

  1. bummest
  2. bummier
  3. bummies
  4. bummiest
  5. bumming
  6. bumming around
  7. bumming out
  8. bummle
  9. bummled
  10. bummles
  11. bummling

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