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bumming

  • present participle of bum.

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We had this life that was mainly just bumming around on your bike and drinking coffee.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2023

Her family life was volatile, though, and she left home at 15 or so, bumming around the Bay Area.

From New York Times May 17, 2023

The NFL has squeezed its overtime period from 15 minutes to 10, bumming out some.

From Washington Post Oct. 28, 2021

Nobody, in fact, has ever come to the Washington State Committee on Geographic Names requesting a place-name change simply because the current one was bumming them out, says Caleb Maki, the group’s executive secretary.

From Seattle Times Nov. 14, 2020

I thought maybe I might stop in a phone booth and give old Jane Gallagher a buzz before I started bumming my way west, but I wasn't in the mood.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger