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Noun
S:
(n)
rotter
,
dirty dog
,
rat
,
skunk
,
stinker
,
stinkpot
,
bum
,
puke
,
crumb
,
lowlife
,
scum bag
,
so-and-so
,
git
(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'"
S:
(n)
tramp
,
hobo
,
bum
(a vagrant)
"a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
S:
(n)
idler
,
loafer
,
do-nothing
,
layabout
,
bum
(person who does no work)
"a lazy bum"
S:
(n)
buttocks
,
nates
,
arse
,
butt
,
backside
,
bum
,
buns
,
can
,
fundament
,
hindquarters
,
hind end
,
keister
,
posterior
,
prat
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rump
,
stern
,
seat
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tooshie
,
tush
,
bottom
,
behind
,
derriere
,
fanny
,
ass
(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?"
Verb
S:
(v)
mooch
,
bum
,
cadge
,
grub
,
sponge
(ask for and get free; be a parasite)
S:
(v)
bum
,
bum around
,
bum about
,
arse around
,
arse about
,
fuck off
,
loaf
,
frig around
,
waste one's time
,
lounge around
,
loll
,
loll around
,
lounge about
(be lazy or idle)
"Her son is just bumming around all day"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
bum
,
cheap
,
cheesy
,
chintzy
,
crummy
,
punk
,
sleazy
,
tinny
(of very poor quality; flimsy)