bum

Meaning

Noun

1. (Commonwealth, childish, informal) The buttocks.
2. (Commonwealth, childish, informal) The anus.
3. (East-Midlands, slang, vulgar) An act of anal sex.

Verb

To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.

Intj

An expression of annoyance.

Verb

1. (colloquial, transitive) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
2. (colloquial, intransitive) To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.
3. (British, slang, transitive) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).

Adj

1. (slang) Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
2. (slang) Unfair.
3. (slang) Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
4. (slang) Unpleasant or unhappy.

Verb

To depress; to make unhappy.

Verb

To make a murmuring or humming sound.

Synonyms

buttocks

bottom

arse

ass

🍑

tramp

butt

behind

backside

rump

hobo

buns

rear

posterior

rear end

vagrant

derriere

tush

tail

fanny

hindquarters

tooshie

prat

keister

tail end

stern

seat

💺

fundament

hind end

nates

can

idler

back

🔙

cadge

booty

in rags

ragged

beggar

vagabond

do-nothing

layabout

loafer

chintzy

cheesy

cheap

punk

tinny

sleazy

crummy

good-for-nothing

asshole

Translations

cul

trasero

🔙

derrière

kont

sedere

🪑

Arsch

cul

fesses

Popo

culo

🍑

Hintern

bips

culo

🍑

Po

πισινός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bʌm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bom

Cognate with Old Irish: -

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic: bun

In summary

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.
Compare also Old Irish, Scottish Gaelic bun (“base, bottom”).