As nouns the difference between bummer and gummer
is that bummer is (obsolete) a forager especially in sherman's march to the sea of november to december 1864 or bummer can be a disappointment, a pity, a shame or bummer can be (british|slang|uncommon) homosexual male while gummer is a punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.
As an adjective bummer
is (bum).
As an interjection bummer
is exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).
As a verb gummer is
(lacrosse) to bring the ball up the field in a lacrosse game as a defensemen and either get an assist or score a goal.
bummer
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
(
en noun)
(obsolete) A forager especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
(US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.
Derived terms
* (noun)
Etymology 2
From bum + .
Adjective
(head)
(bum)
Etymology 3
From bum + .
Noun
(
en noun)
A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
- That's a total bummer .
Related terms
* bum out
Interjection
(
en interjection)
Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).
Etymology 4
From .
Noun
(
en noun)
(British, slang, uncommon) homosexual male
gummer
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.
Verb
(
en verb)
(lacrosse) To bring the ball up the field in a lacrosse game as a defensemen and either get an assist or score a goal.
