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bums out

bums out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bum out.

Meaning of bum out

Verb

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

  1. (slang, transitive) To cause a person to be depressed or disappointed.
    • “It bums me out that I can’t play, but I’m glad my brother has the opportunity,” Austin Baker said.2008 March 5, Rick Weegman, “Cloquet-Esko-Carlton: childhood dreams come true”, in Duluth News Tribune

Questions about bums out

What is bums out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bums out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bum out.

Words near bums out in the dictionary

  1. bumrushing
  2. bums
  3. bums around
  4. bums in seats
  5. bums on seats
  6. bums out
  7. bumshoving
  8. bumsicle
  9. bumsicles
  10. bumsquabbled
  11. Bumstead

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bums out (page history and authors); bum out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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