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1. The buttocks, the ass. See ass for synonyms.Etymology: Usage dates back to the late 17 th century; in England it fell into disrespect around 1790.
Quotes: William Shakespeare:
-- In A Midsummer Night's Dream (1590) Puck: ' The wisest aunt, telling the saddest tale / Sometimes for three-foot stool mistaketh me / Then slip I from her bum, down topples she.'
-- In Measure for Measure : ' Your bum is the greatest thing about you.'
2. A hobo, a tramp.
3. An adjective synonymous with unjust, unfair.
(Noun) a person with no money, no job , no house, no food, no drinks, very little clothing, no heat, no air conditioning, none of that
Usage: That bum has no home.
(Verb) To practice sodomy. (British slang)
Usage: I'd bum that nurse.)
(Noun) ass
Usage: I have a big bum.
(Noun) one who is incapable of coherent thought
Usage: Nobody understands what that bum is saying.
(Noun) the anus and buttocks
Usage: He did a poo then wiped his bum.
Short Jacket
(Abbreviation) Boot-Up Manager
(Expression) crack head
Usage: the bum got popped
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