bum
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1. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | body part, |
| definition | : | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | body, torso, trunk, |
| definition | : | the body excluding the head and neck and limbs (noun.body) |
2. person who does no work (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | nonworker, |
| definition | : | a person who does nothing (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | clock watcher, |
| definition | : | a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | couch potato, |
| definition | : | an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | daydreamer, woolgatherer, |
| definition | : | someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | lazybones, |
| definition | : | a lazy person (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | lie-abed, slugabed, |
| definition | : | a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | loon, |
| definition | : | a worthless lazy fellow (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | shirker, slacker, |
| definition | : | a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | slug, sluggard, |
| definition | : | an idle slothful person (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | spiv, |
| definition | : | a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sunbather, |
| definition | : | someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | trifler, |
| definition | : | one who behaves lightly or not seriously (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | whittler, |
| definition | : | someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime) (noun.person) |
3. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (noun.person)
4. a disreputable vagrant (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | dosser, street person, |
| definition | : | someone who sleeps in any convenient place (noun.person) |
5. ask for and get free; be a parasite (verb.possession)
| hypernym | : | obtain, |
| definition | : | come into possession of (verb.possession) |
| hyponym | : | freeload, |
| definition | : | live off somebody's generosity (verb.possession) |
6. be lazy or idle (verb.stative)
| hypernym | : | idle, laze, slug, stagnate, |
| definition | : | be idle; exist in a changeless situation (verb.social) |
7. of very poor quality; flimsy (adj.all)
| similar | : | inferior, |
| definition | : | of low or inferior quality (adj.all) |
| domain usage | : | colloquialism, |
| definition | : | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech (noun.communication) |
8. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on (noun.body)
| derivation | : | posterior, |
| definition | : | located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure (adj.all) |
9. person who does no work (noun.person)
| derivation | : | idle, laze, slug, stagnate, |
| definition | : | be idle; exist in a changeless situation (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | arse about, arse around, bum, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, |
| definition | : | be lazy or idle (verb.stative) |
| derivation | : | do-nothing, |
| definition | : | characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility (adj.all) |
10. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (noun.person)
| derivation | : | rat, |
| definition | : | desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage (verb.social) |
11. ask for and get free; be a parasite (verb.possession)
| derivation | : | leech, parasite, sponge, sponger, |
| definition | : | a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage (noun.person) |
12. be lazy or idle (verb.stative)
13. of very poor quality; flimsy (adj.all)
| derivation | : | bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot, |
| definition | : | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (noun.person) |
14. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on (noun.body)
| derivation | : | posterior, |
| definition | : | located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure (adj.all) |
15. person who does no work (noun.person)
| derivation | : | idle, laze, slug, stagnate, |
| definition | : | be idle; exist in a changeless situation (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | arse about, arse around, bum, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, |
| definition | : | be lazy or idle (verb.stative) |
| derivation | : | do-nothing, |
| definition | : | characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility (adj.all) |
16. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (noun.person)
| derivation | : | rat, |
| definition | : | desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage (verb.social) |
17. ask for and get free; be a parasite (verb.possession)
| derivation | : | leech, parasite, sponge, sponger, |
| definition | : | a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage (noun.person) |
18. be lazy or idle (verb.stative)
19. of very poor quality; flimsy (adj.all)
| derivation | : | bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot, |
| definition | : | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (noun.person) |
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