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ALL meanings of bummer

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  • countable noun bummer If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying. 3
  • noun bummer an unpleasant or disappointing experience 3
  • noun bummer a vagrant or idler 3
  • noun bummer an adverse reaction to a drug, characterized by panic or fear 3
  • noun bummer one who lives by bumming 3
  • noun bummer any unpleasant or unsatisfactory thing or experience 3
  • noun bummer sthg disappointing 1
  • interjection bummer sorry, that's too bad 1
  • noun bummer a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler. 1
  • noun bummer a tramp, hobo, or derelict. 1
  • noun bummer Informal. an enthusiast of a specific sport or recreational activity, especially one who gives it priority over work, family life, etc.: a ski bum; a tennis bum. 1
  • noun bummer Informal. an incompetent person. 1
  • noun bummer a drunken orgy; debauch. 1
  • verb with object bummer Informal. to borrow without expectation of returning; get for nothing; cadge: He's always bumming cigarettes from me. 1
  • verb with object bummer Slang. to ruin or spoil: The weather bummed our whole weekend. 1
  • verb without object bummer to sponge on others for a living; lead an idle or dissolute life. 1
  • verb without object bummer to live as a hobo. 1
  • adjective bummer of poor, wretched, or miserable quality; worthless. 1
  • adjective bummer disappointing; unpleasant. 1
  • adjective bummer erroneous or ill-advised; misleading: That tip on the stock market was a bum steer. 1
  • adjective bummer lame: a bum leg. 1
  • idioms bummer bum (someone) out, Slang. to disappoint, upset, or annoy: It really bummed me out that she could have helped and didn't. 1
  • idioms bummer on the bum, Informal. living or traveling as or in a manner suggesting that of a hobo or tramp. in a state of disrepair or disorder: The oven is on the bum again. 1
  • noun bummer (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A forager especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864. 0
  • noun bummer (US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger. 0
  • noun bummer A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans. 0
  • noun bummer (chiefly slang) A disappointment, a pity, a shame. 0
  • noun bummer (Britain, slang, uncommon) homosexual male. 0
  • adjective bummer comparative form of bum: more bum. 0
  • interjection bummer Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment). 0
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