bums

bums · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    [American informal]Plural of bum; homeless people or vagrants.

  2. 2.

    [British informal]Plural of bum; buttocks.

  3. 3.

    [informal]Lazy or worthless people.

  4. 4.

    Third person singular present tense of bum.

Related words

See also: bottoms, bum, vagrants
Synonyms: bottoms, buttocks, tramps, vagrants

Etymology

Plural of "bum," from German "Bummler" (loafer) for the vagrant sense, and uncertain origin for the buttocks sense.