Another word for bum
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Another word for bum
- (Chiefly British)
The part of one's back on which one rests in sitting:
buttock (used in plural), derrière, posterior, rump, seat. (Informal) backside, behind, bottom, rear1. (Slang) bun (used in plural), fanny, tush. See over
A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity:
drone1, fainéant, good-for-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, slugabed, sluggard, wastrel. (Informal) do-little, do-nothing, lazybones, slug2. (Slang) slouch. See industrious
To ask or ask for as charity:
beg, cadge. (Informal) panhandle. (Slang) mooch. See requestTo pass time without working or in avoiding work.
Also used with around: idle, laze, loaf, loiter, lounge, shirk. (Slang) diddle2, goldbrick, goof (off). See industrious
Below a standard of quality:
bad, poor, unsatisfactory. Idioms: below par, not up to scratch (or snuff). See good
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