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Bum vs Bummy - What's the difference?

bum | bummy |

As nouns the difference between bum and bummy

is that bum is the buttocks or bum can be (north america|colloquial) a hobo; a homeless person, usually a man or bum can be (dated) a humming noise or bum can be (obsolete) a bumbailiff while bummy is (childish|slang) bottom; buttocks.

As adjectives the difference between bum and bummy

is that bum is of poor quality or highly undesirable while bummy is (us|informal) like a bum (homeless person or hobo).

As a verb bum

is (uk|transitive|colloquial) to sodomize; to engage in anal sex or bum can be (colloquial) to ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something or bum can be to depress; to make unhappy or bum can be to make a murmuring or humming sound.

As an interjection bum

is (label) an expression of annoyance.

bum

English

Etymology 1

1387,

Noun

(en noun)
  • The buttocks.
    • Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes.
  • (UK, Irish, AU, New Zealand, informal, rare, Canada, US) The anus.
  • (by metonymy, informal) A person.
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "bum")
    Usage notes
    * In the United States and Canada, bum'' is considered the most appropriate term when speaking to young children, as in ''Everyone please sit on your bum and we'll read a story.'' For older children and teenagers, especially males, as well as adults, the term (butt) is the most common term except in professional contexts such as medical, legal, and scientific where (buttocks) is generally used or (gluteus maximus), (gluteus medius), etc. for the muscles specifically. ''Glutes]]'' is often used in sports medicine and bodybuilding. ''Ass'' (US derivation of Old English ''[[arse, arse ) is considered somewhat vulgar in North America, whereas (backside), (behind), and (bottom) are considered to be old-fashioned and non-specific terms.
    Synonyms
    * (buttocks or anus) arse , ass (North America), backside, behind, bottom, bum (North America), butt (North America), heinie (North America), fanny (North America), tush (North America), tushie (North America) ** (buttocks specifically) butt cheeks (North America), buttocks (technical), cheeks, glutes (muscles), gluteus maximus (primary muscles) ** (anus specifically) anus (technical), arsehole , asshole (North America) * See also

    Verb

    (bumm)
  • (UK, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.

    • Interjection

    (en-interjection)
  • (label) An expression of annoyance.
  • * 2010 , Jill Mansell, Sheer Mischief:
    • Maxine tried hers. 'Oh bum ,' she said crossly. 'The sugar isn't sugar. It's salt.'

    Derived terms

    * bum bum * bumhole * bums in seats *

    Etymology 2

    1864,

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (North America, colloquial) A hobo; a homeless person, usually a man.
  • (North America, Australia, colloquial) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
    • ''Fred is becoming a bum - he's not even bothering to work more than once a month.
    That mechanic's a bum - he couldn't fix a yo-yo.
    That guy keeps interrupting the concert. Throw the bum out!
  • * 1987 , (The Pogues) - (Fairytale of New York)
    • You're a bum
    You're a punk
    You're an old slut on junk
    Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
  • (North America, Australia, colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
    • Trade him to another team, he's a bum !
  • * 2001 , (Laura Hillenbrand) -
    • Seabiscuit, wrote another reporter, “was a hero in California and a pretty fair sort of horse in the midwest. In the east, however, he was just a ‘bum ’”
  • (colloquial) A drinking spree.
    • Synonyms
    * (hobo) hobo, homeless person, tramp, vagrant, wanderer, vagabond * (lazy person) loafer, bumpkin, footler, idler, lout, yob, yobbo, layabout * (drinking spree) binge, bender * See also * See also

    Verb

    (bumm)
  • (colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
    • Can I bum a cigarette off you?
  • (colloquial) To behave like a hobo or vagabond; to loiter.
    • I think I'll just bum around downtown for awhile until dinner.
  • (transitive, slang, British) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
    • Synonyms
    * cadge (British)

    Adjective

    (bummer)
  • Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
    • bum note
  • Unfair.
    • bum deal
  • Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
    • I can't play football anymore on account of my bum knee.
  • Unpleasant.
    • He had a bum trip on that mescaline.
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "bum")
    Synonyms
    * (defective) duff (UK)

    Derived terms

    * bum around * bum bailiff * bum rap * bum's rush * on the bum

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    (bumm)
  • To depress; to make unhappy.

    • References

    *

    Etymology 4

    See boom.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A humming noise.
    • (Halliwell)

    Verb

    (bumm)
  • To make a murmuring or humming sound.
    • (Jamieson)

    Etymology 5

    Abbreviations.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A bumbailiff.
  • * 1705 , (Bernard Mandeville), The Fable of the Bees :
    • About her Chariot, and behind, / Were Sergeants, Bums of every kind, / Tip-staffs, and all those Officers, / That squeeze a Living out of Tears.

    Anagrams

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    bummy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (US, informal) Like a bum (homeless person or hobo).
  • * 2005 , Boye Lafayette De Mente, Romantic Hawaii: Sun, Sand, Surf and Sex (page 46)
    • The fact is, they are not nearly as bummy as a lot of the characters we have back home.
  • * 2010 , David J. Harding, Living the Drama (page 57)
    • An unsuccessful dude would dress all bummy and stuff. A successful person would dress like perfect; they'd not dress bummy at all...

    Noun

    (bummies)
  • (childish, slang) bottom; buttocks
  • * 2009 , Arlene Gorey, My Spanking Diary - Page 28
  • *:“Feel me up and rub your pussy against mine, that'll make the pain in my bummy go away, it will,” she told me. I felt sorry for her. And I guess that's why I let her show me how girls made out without boys.
  • * 2001 , Lawrence A. Wenzel, The Sandcastle at High Tide - Page 174
  • *:"...Do you mean to tell me they have every man strip and bend over to show his bummy ?" "Actually, Malcolm, they do. Physicals, very complete physicals I should add, are required."
  • * Jean la Fleur, Mistaken Identity and Other Tales
    • Ahh, yes, work that finger faster in my bummy — ooooh darling, you angel — ohhhh, it's nice — what a big ramrod you've got to poke a girl's little hole with. Oh darling, yes I'm hot now! Fuck hard, fuck Carol awfully hard!
  • * Dr Guenter Klow, Dominatresses and Boy Sex Slaves page 24
    • When she felt that it was firm enough, she whispered, “Now put your hands on the cheeks of my bummy , dear, and open them up so my little hole will be ready for your big sweet cock!”