[count] 1 chiefly US, informal + disapproving : a person who has no place to live and no job and who asks people for money
▪ Bums [=vagrants] often sleep on the park's benches. ▪ a deserted building where bums [=derelicts] sometimes sleep 2 informal : a person who is lazy or who does something badly
▪ Get to work, you lazy bum! ▪ “He didn't even bother to write.” “What a bum!” 3 : a person who spends a lot of time relaxing and doing something fun rather than working
▪ a beach bum [=a person who spends a lot of time at the beach] ▪ a ski bum
▪ Bums [=vagrants] often sleep on the park's benches. ▪ a deserted building where bums [=derelicts] sometimes sleep
▪ Get to work, you lazy bum! ▪ “He didn't even bother to write.” “What a bum!”
▪ a beach bum [=a person who spends a lot of time at the beach] ▪ a ski bum
— compare 5bum





