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bums

  • present tense form
    of bum (3rd person singular).
    bum
    noun
    a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.

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Back then, Folger says, the rural western outpost was filled with "back-to-the-land hippies, college students, cowboys and ski bums".

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

A new drug called apitegromab could help people on obesity jabs avoid unwanted muscle decline that's been linked to flat bums or "Ozempic butt", according to research in Nature Medicine journal.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

I tried to get into the gym and, I don’t know, something about the gym environment really bums me out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

A poodle, coiffed to make pompoms of its torso and tail, stands on its hind legs: puffed, ruffed and bum-padded, just like the ladies being fitted for bums.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025

I don’t like it when he bums around the house on holidays.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson