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