bum around

verb

To wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.

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Meanings

verbbum around (third-person singular simple present bums around, present participle bumming around, simple past and past participle bummed around)

present singular third person bums around · participle present bumming around · participle past bummed around · past bummed around

  1. informalintransitivetransitiveTo wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.

    Along the way, he dropped out of sight several times to bum around South America.

    1974 November 25, “The Original Kojak”, in Time

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbe lazy or idle

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Broader
idlelazeslug
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

German rumgammeln
  • rumgammelnloiter
Italian vagabondare, girovagare
  • vagabondareloiter
  • girovagareloiter
  • bighellareloiter
  • gironzolareloiter
  • ciondolareloiter
  • indugiareloiter
Cite this entry
APA

bum around. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bum%20around

MLA

“bum around.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bum%20around. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bum around,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bum%20around.

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