Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bum about
Participle: bummed about
Gerund: bumming about
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bum about |
| you | bum about |
| he;she;it | bums about |
| we | bum about |
| you | bum about |
| they | bum about |
Perfect
| I | have bummed about |
| you | have bummed about |
| he;she;it | has bummed about |
| we | have bummed about |
| you | have bummed about |
| they | have bummed about |
Past
| I | bummed about |
| you | bummed about |
| he;she;it | bummed about |
| we | bummed about |
| you | bummed about |
| they | bummed about |
Pluperfect
| I | had bummed about |
| you | had bummed about |
| he;she;it | had bummed about |
| we | had bummed about |
| you | had bummed about |
| they | had bummed about |
Future
| I | will bum about |
| you | will bum about |
| he;she;it | will bum about |
| we | will bum about |
| you | will bum about |
| they | will bum about |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bummed about |
| you | will have bummed about |
| he;she;it | will have bummed about |
| we | will have bummed about |
| you | will have bummed about |
| they | will have bummed about |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bum about |
| you | bum about |
| he;she;it | bum about |
| we | bum about |
| you | bum about |
| they | bum about |
Perfect
| I | have bummed about |
| you | have bummed about |
| he;she;it | have bummed about |
| we | have bummed about |
| you | have bummed about |
| they | have bummed about |
Imperfect
| I | bummed about |
| you | bummed about |
| he;she;it | bummed about |
| we | bummed about |
| you | bummed about |
| they | bummed about |
Pluperfect
| I | had bummed about |
| you | had bummed about |
| he;she;it | had bummed about |
| we | had bummed about |
| you | had bummed about |
| they | had bummed about |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bum about |
| you | would bum about |
| he;she;it | would bum about |
| we | would bum about |
| you | would bum about |
| they | would bum about |
Perfect
| I | would have bummed about |
| you | would have bummed about |
| he;she;it | would have bummed about |
| we | would have bummed about |
| you | would have bummed about |
| they | would have bummed about |
Imperative
| you | bum about |
| we | Let's bum about |
| you | bum about |
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:]