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bummed




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bummed
     1. adj. synonym of bummed out
bum
     1. n. The buttocks.
           Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes.
     2. n. (Irish) The anus.
     3. n. (by metonymy, informal) A person.
     4. v. To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
     5. interj. (UK) An expression of annoyance.
     6. n. (North America, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.
     7. n. (North America, Australia, colloquial) 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.
           That mechanic's a bum - he couldn't fix a yo-yo.
           That guy keeps interrupting the concert. Throw the bum out!
     8. n. (North America, Australia, colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
           Trade him to another team, he's a bum!
     9. n. (colloquial) A drinking spree.
     10. v. (transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
           Can I bum a cigarette off you?
     11. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond; to loiter.
           I think I'll just bum around downtown for awhile until dinner.
     12. v. (transitive, slang) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
     13. adj. Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
           bum note
     14. adj. Unfair.
           bum deal
     15. adj. Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
           I can't play football anymore on account of my bum knee.
     16. adj. Unpleasant.
           He had a bum trip on that mescaline.
     17. v. To depress; to make unhappy.
     18. n. (dated) A humming noise.
     19. v. (intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
     20. n. (obsolete) A bumbailiff.

Example Sentences

When you're suicidal the last thing you need is to talk to someone who's bummed out. 



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