bums

Noun (1)

bum (plural bums)

1. (Commonwealth, childish, informal) The buttocks.
   • Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes.

   Synonyms:

   'tocks, arse, arse cheeks, ass, ass cheeks, back, backside, batty, behind, blessed assurance

2. (Commonwealth, childish, informal, specifically) The anus.
   • John said that when he was little he stuck his finger in his bum and tasted his poopies and it was good.2013, Steven L. Ablon, Daniel P. Brown, Edward J. Khantzian, Human Feelings: Explorations in Affect Development and Meaning, page 132

   Synonyms:

   a-hole, anus, arsehole, arse, asscunt, asshole, asspussy, ass, back alley, back door

3. (East-Midlands, slang, vulgar) An act of anal sex.
   • Go for a bum

   Synonyms:

   bumfuck

Noun (2)

bum (plural bums)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, sometimes) A homeless person, usually a man.

   Synonyms:

   street bum, tramp, vagrant, wanderer, vagabond, stiff, casual, clochard, derelict, dero

2. (also, broadly, colloquial, derogatory, sometimes) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
   • Fred is becoming a bum—he’s not even bothering to work more than once a month.

   Synonyms:

   loafer, bumpkin, footler, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, dogfucker, do-naught, do-nothing, dosser

3. (colloquial) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
   • Trade him to another team, he’s a bum!

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