Adjective: bum
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | bummer |
| Superlative | bummest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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What kind of bum note was that??
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The defensive line made a bum rush on the quarterback.
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"So I can see my finish with that firm when this bum show is over." "Well, I think you're silly, the way you go out of your way to get McIntyre's goat. You do, don't deny it." [1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 4:]
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The union reps gave us a bum deal!
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I can’t play football anymore on account of my bum knee.
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He had a bum trip on that mescaline.
Adjectives inflected like bum
dim,
mim,
bum,
rum,
frum,
grum,
grim,
glam,
glum,
clam,
trim,
prim,
slim,
Etymology
1864, back-formation from bummer, from German Bummler (“loafer”), from bummeln (“to loaf”).
Verbs referencing "bum"
English Adjectives
bunny.