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bum

1. n. a vagrant; a good-for-nothing. You had better get your finances in order unless you want to become a bum.

2. mod. bad; faulty. This is a bum fuse. No wonder it won’t run.

3. Go to bum something (off someone).

See:

• a bum rap
• a bum steer
• be on the bum
• beach bum
• bogus beef
• bum
• bum about someone/something
• bum around
• bum beef
• bum check
• bum chum
• bum off
• bum out
• bum rap
• bum rush
• bum someone out
• bum something
• bum something off someone
• bum steer
• bum trip
• bum’s rush
• bummed
• bummed out
• bummer
• bumming
• bum-rap
• bums in seats
• bums on seats
• bum's rush
• corporate welfare bum
• get the bum's rush
• give (someone) the bum's rush
• Hey, bum!
• on the blink
• on the bum
• pass a bum check
• skid row bum
• stew bum
• the bum's rush
• write a bum check