bummer

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbʌ.mə(ɹ)/

Noun

bummer (plural bummers)

1. (obsolete, historical) A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
2. (US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.

   Synonyms: Thesaurus:scrounger

3. 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.

Adjective

1. comparative form of bum

Noun

bummer (plural bummers)

1. (colloquial) A disappointment, a pity, a shame.

   That's a total bummer.

Related terms

• bum out

Interjection

1. (colloquial) ngd Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).

Translations

• French: déception, flop
• German: Reinfall, Frusterlebnis, Enttäuschung
• Italian: peccato
• Russian: подстава
• Spanish: decepción, fiasco, fracaso, vergüenza

Noun

bummer (plural bummers)

1. (British, slang, uncommon) homosexual male

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