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bum
  • n  a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
    throw the bum out
  • n  a disreputable vagrant
    he tried to help the really down-and-out bums
  • n  person who does no work
    a lazy bum
  • n  the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • v  ask for and get free; be a parasite
  • v  be lazy or idle
    Her son is just bumming around all day
  • s  of very poor quality; flimsy
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bumbling
  • v  make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  • v  walk unsteadily
  • v  speak haltingly
  • s  lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
    a bumbling mechanic
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bumper-to-bumper
  • s  used of traffic
    bumper-to-bumper traffic
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bumpkinly
  • s  awkwardly simple and provincial
    bumpkinly country boys
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bumpy
  • a  causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
  • s  covered with or full of bumps
    a bumpy country road
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bundled-up
  • s  dressed warmly
    bundled-up sailors and soldiers
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bungaloid
  • a  characterized by bungalows
    the bungaloid suburbs
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bungled
  • v  make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  • v  spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly
    I bungled it!
  • s  spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness
    a bungled job
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