Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bum
Participle: bummed
Gerund: bumming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bum |
| you | bum |
| he;she;it | bums |
| we | bum |
| you | bum |
| they | bum |
Perfect
| I | have bummed |
| you | have bummed |
| he;she;it | has bummed |
| we | have bummed |
| you | have bummed |
| they | have bummed |
Past
| I | bummed |
| you | bummed |
| he;she;it | bummed |
| we | bummed |
| you | bummed |
| they | bummed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bummed |
| you | had bummed |
| he;she;it | had bummed |
| we | had bummed |
| you | had bummed |
| they | had bummed |
Future
| I | will bum |
| you | will bum |
| he;she;it | will bum |
| we | will bum |
| you | will bum |
| they | will bum |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bummed |
| you | will have bummed |
| he;she;it | will have bummed |
| we | will have bummed |
| you | will have bummed |
| they | will have bummed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bum |
| you | bum |
| he;she;it | bum |
| we | bum |
| you | bum |
| they | bum |
Perfect
| I | have bummed |
| you | have bummed |
| he;she;it | have bummed |
| we | have bummed |
| you | have bummed |
| they | have bummed |
Imperfect
| I | bummed |
| you | bummed |
| he;she;it | bummed |
| we | bummed |
| you | bummed |
| they | bummed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bummed |
| you | had bummed |
| he;she;it | had bummed |
| we | had bummed |
| you | had bummed |
| they | had bummed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bum |
| you | would bum |
| he;she;it | would bum |
| we | would bum |
| you | would bum |
| they | would bum |
Perfect
| I | would have bummed |
| you | would have bummed |
| he;she;it | would have bummed |
| we | would have bummed |
| you | would have bummed |
| they | would have bummed |
Imperative
| you | bum |
| we | Let's bum |
| you | bum |
Verbs conjugated like 'bum'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bum'
bam,
bub,
bud,
bug,
bump,
bun,
bus,
but,
buy,
buz,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
1. Attested since the 1300s, as Middle English bom (found in John Trevisa's 1387 Translation of the 'Polychronicon' of Ranulph Higden, "his bom is oute"), of uncertain origin. Sometimes suggested to be a shortening of botme, botom, bottum (“bottom”), but this is contradicted by the fact that bottom is not attested in reference to the buttocks until the late 1700s. Suggested by some old and modern references to be onomatopoeic.
2. Compare also Old Irish, Scottish Gaelic bun (“base, bottom”).
3. The anal sex senses (noun and verb), as well as the adjective (esp. the first) sense, are expletive-avoiding (i.e. Bowdlerized) shortenings of bumfuck.
Verbs referencing "bum"
French
bummer.
Sample Sentences
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Your bars are fake and my bars are real; / Is it true you got bummed on a field? [2016 December 3, “Soph Aspin Send”, performed by Millie B:]