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Bum (chiefdom)
WordNet
adjective
(1) Of very poor quality; flimsy
noun
(2) The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
"He deserves a good kick in the butt"
"Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
(3) Person who does no work
"A lazy bum"
(4) A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
"Only a rotter would do that"
"Kill the rat"
"Throw the bum out"
"You cowardly little pukes!"
"The British call a contemptible person a `git'"
(5) A disreputable vagrant
"A homeless tramp"
"He tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
verb
(6) Ask for and get free; be a parasite
(7) Be lazy or idle
"Her son is just bumming around all day"