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A person's buttocks or anus.

A tramp; a vagrant.

A stupid, irritating, or contemptible person.

A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.

Behave in a stupid way; waste time.

An incompetent, insignificant, or obnoxious person

Make a botched attempt at something.

One who spends a lot of time doing a particular recreational activity

Not want to do something because one has no interest in or enthusiasm for it.

The buttocks.

Variant of ass2.

To live by begging and scavenging from place to place. Often used with around.

The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.

To pass time idly; loaf. Often used with around.

A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person.

(Informal) To be depressed, disheartened, or dismayed

Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.

To acquire by begging; cadge.

A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body; (by extension) one's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.

(Informal) To depress, dishearten, or dismay. Often used with out.

To be silly, act stupid or mess around.

Inferior; worthless

(Commonwealth) An expression of frustration.

Disabled; malfunctioning

The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

Unfavorable or unfair

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

Unpleasant; lousy

Excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal

The buttocks.

The anus.

A homeless person, usually a man.

A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.

A player or racer who often performs poorly.

(colloquial) A drinking spree.

(dated) A humming noise.

(obsolete) A bumbailiff.

To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.

To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.

To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.

To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).

To depress; to make unhappy.

(intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.

(UK) An expression of annoyance.

Of poor quality or highly undesirable.

Unfair.

Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.

Unpleasant or unhappy.

The buttock.

A humming noise.

To make murmuring or humming sound.

To borrow without intention of returning; to cadge; as, to bum a cigarette; to bum a cup of coffee; - usually with inexpensive items as the object.

A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;

A disreputable vagrant;

Person who does no work;

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

Ask for and get free; be a parasite

Be lazy or idle;

Of very poor quality