Bummed vs Summed - What's the difference?
bummed | summed |
(bum)
The buttocks.
(UK, Irish, AU, New Zealand, informal, rare, Canada, US) The anus.
(by metonymy, informal) A person.
(UK, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
(label) An expression of annoyance.
* 2010 , Jill Mansell,
(North America, colloquial) A hobo; a homeless person, usually a man.
(North America, Australia, colloquial) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
* 1987 , (The Pogues) - (Fairytale of New York)
(North America, Australia, colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
* 2001 , (Laura Hillenbrand) -
(colloquial) A drinking spree.
(colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
(colloquial) To behave like a hobo or vagabond; to loiter.
(transitive, slang, British) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
Unfair.
Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
Unpleasant.
To depress; to make unhappy.
To make a murmuring or humming sound.
(obsolete) A bumbailiff.
* 1705 , (Bernard Mandeville), The Fable of the Bees :
(sum)
A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
* Bible, Numbers i. 2
(often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).
* Charles Dickens
A quantity of money.
* Bible, Acts xxii. 28
A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium.
A central idea or point.
The utmost degree.
* Milton
(obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
* 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 4, page 207:
To add together.
* 2005 , .
To give a summary of.
As verbs the difference between bummed and summed
is that bummed is past tense of bum while summed is past tense of sum.bummed
English
Verb
(head)bum
English
Etymology 1
1387,Noun
(en noun)- Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes.
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 alsoVerb
(bumm)Interjection
(en-interjection)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)- ''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!
- 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
- Trade him to another team, he's a bum !
- 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 ’”
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 alsoVerb
(bumm)- Can I bum a cigarette off you?
- I think I'll just bum around downtown for awhile until dinner.
Synonyms
* cadge (British)Adjective
(bummer)- bum note
- bum deal
- I can't play football anymore on account of my bum knee.
- 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 bumEtymology 3
Verb
(bumm)References
*Etymology 4
See boom.Verb
(bumm)- (Jamieson)
Etymology 5
Abbreviations.Noun
(en noun)- 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
* English words with different meanings in different locations ----summed
English
Verb
(head)sum
English
(wikipedia sum)Etymology 1
(etyl) summe, from (etyl), from (etyl) summa, feminine of .Noun
(en noun)- The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.
- Take ye the sum of all the congregation.
- We're learning about division, and the sums are tricky.
- a large sheet of paper covered with long sums
- a tidy sum
- the sum of forty pounds
- With a great sum obtained I this freedom.
- This is the sum of all the evidence in the case.
- This is the sum and substance of his objections.
- Thus have I told thee all my state, and brought / My story to the sum of earthly bliss.
- The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel.
Synonyms
* (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) amount, sum total, summation, total, totality * (arithmetic computation) calculation, computation * (quantity of money) amount, quantity of money, sum of money * (summary) See summary * (central idea or point) center/centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, nitty-gritty, pith substance * (utmost degree) See summit * quarterDerived terms
* a tidy sum * checksum * empty sum * nullary sumSee also
* addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividendVerb
(summ)- when you say that stability and change are, it's because you're summing them up together as embraced by it, and taking note of the communion each of them has with being.
