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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
bum
bum [bum bums bummed bumming] noun, verb, adjective BrE [bʌm] NAmE [bʌm]
noun (informal)
1. (BrE)the part of the body that you sit on
Syn: ↑backside, Syn: ↑behind, Syn: ↑bottom
2. (especially NAmE)a person who has no home or job and who asks other people for money or food
•a beach bum (= sb who spends all their time on the beach, without having a job)
3. a lazy person who does nothing for other people or for society
•He's nothing but a no-good bum!
Word Origin:
n. sense 1 late Middle English n. senses 2 to 3 and v. adj. mid 19th cent. ↑bummer
Example Bank:
•He dropped out of college and became a beach bum.
•They've been sitting on their bums all day, doing nothing.
•He left college to lead the life of a beach bum.
•The city at night intimidated me with the bums and dealers shouting out abuse.
Idioms: ↑bums on seats ▪ ↑give get the bum's rush
Derived: ↑bum about
verb (-mm-)
1. ~ sth (off sb) (informal)to get sth from sb by asking
Syn: ↑cadge
•Can I bum a cigarette off you?
2. ~ sb (out) (NAmE, informal)to make sb feel upset or disappointed
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
n. sense 1 late Middle English n. senses 2 to 3 and v. adj. mid 19th cent. ↑bummer
adjective only before noun (informal)
of bad quality; wrong or useless
•He didn't play one bum note.
•a bum deal (= a situation where you do not get what you deserve or have paid for)
Word Origin:
n. sense 1 late Middle English n. senses 2 to 3 and v. adj. mid 19th cent. ↑bummer
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