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were bumming
  • past progressive of bum.

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By the time the clock hit zeros, the Steelers were bumming and the Chiefs were celebrating.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2022

But by day four, bad moods, boredom, hunger, lack of energy and brain fog were bumming me out.

From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2016

It was as if a cloud of locusts were bumming about us.

From My Home in the Field of Honor by Huard, Frances Wilson

The side of the Hall stretched away from him, four tiers of light where the fellows were at work or were bumming away the week-night.

From Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University by Field, Charles K. (Charles Kellogg)

My very brain is humming, sirs, As a swarm of bees were bumming, sirs, And I fear distraction 's coming, sirs, My passion such a flame is.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles