Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - bum
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1. n. Brit. sl. the buttocks. Phrases and idioms bum-bailiff hist. a bailiff empowered to collect debts or arrest debtors for non-payment. bum-boat any small boat plying with provisions etc. for ships. bum-sucker sl. a toady. bum-sucking toadying. Etymology: ME bom, of unkn. orig. 2. n., v., & adj. US sl. --n. a habitual loafer or tramp; a lazy dissolute person. --v. (bummed, bumming) 1 intr. (often foll. by about, around) loaf or wander around; be a bum. 2 tr. get by begging; cadge. --attrib.adj. of poor quality. Phrases and idioms bum rap imprisonment on a false charge. bum's rush forcible ejection. bum steer false information. on the bum vagrant, begging. Etymology: prob. abbr. or back-form. f. BUMMER
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English bom Date: 14th century buttocks, II. adjective Etymology: perhaps from 4~ Date: 1859 1. of poor quality or nature , not valid or deserved , not pleasant or enjoyable , affected or disabled by damage or injury , III. verb (~med; ~ming) Etymology: probably back-formation from 1~mer Date: 1863 intransitive verb loaf, to spend time unemployed and often wandering, transitive verb to obtain by asking or begging ; cadge , IV. noun Etymology: probably short for 1~mer Date: 1864 1. one who sponges off others and avoids work, one who performs a function poorly , one whose time is devoted to a recreational activity , vagrant, tramp, V. noun Etymology: perhaps from 3~ Date: 1863 a drinking spree ; bender, VI. transitive verb Etymology: probably back-formation from 2~mer Date: 1973 disappoint, depress ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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