Bum - Definition and Overview

Bum can refer to several different things:

In U.S. slang

• A homeless person, or more generally, a person of little moral worth
  • In modern usage, the term "bum" is considered highly derogatory
  • In hobo culture, the term "bum" referred specifically to a homeless person who does not work or travel, as opposed to a hobo, who was an itinerant, working homeless person
• In the plural, an affectionate term for the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team
• To cadge, beg, or borrow

In U.K. slang

• The buttocks
• The act of anal sex
• To sodomise

Geography

• Bum is the name of a city in Afghanistan