Bum vs. Bun: What's the Difference?
Bum and Bun Definitions
Bum
A tramp; a vagrant.
Bun
An unsweetened round or oblong roll, used especially to hold a hamburger patty or a hot dog.
Bum
A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.
Bun
A small sweetened roll, often spiced or containing dried fruit.
Bum
An incompetent, insignificant, or obnoxious person
The batter called the pitcher a bum.
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Bun
A tight roll of hair worn at the back or the top of the head.
Bum
One who spends a lot of time doing a particular recreational activity
A beach bum.
A ski bum.
Bun
A drunken spree.
Bum
The buttocks.
Bun
A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced.
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Bum
To live by begging and scavenging from place to place. Often used with around.
Bun
A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
Messy bun
Bum
To pass time idly; loaf. Often used with around.
Bun
A cupcake.
Bum
(Informal) To be depressed, disheartened, or dismayed
After our team lost the championship, we were bumming.
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Bun
A drunken spree.
Bum
To acquire by begging; cadge.
Bun
(Internet slang) A newbie.
Bum
(Informal) To depress, dishearten, or dismay. Often used with out.
Bun
A buttock.
Bum
Inferior; worthless
Gave me bum advice.
Did a bum job of fixing the car.
Bun
(slang) The vagina.
Bum
Disabled; malfunctioning
A bum shoulder.
Bun
A rabbit.
Bum
Unfavorable or unfair
Got a bum deal on my final grade for the course.
Bun
A squirrel.
Bum
Unpleasant; lousy
Had a bum time at the party.
Bun
The scut or tail of a hare.
Bum
The buttocks.
Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes.
Bun
A dry stalk.
Bum
The anus.
Bun
Marijuana cigarette, joint
Bum
A homeless person, usually a man.
Bun
A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3{{nbsp}}cm.
Bum
A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
Fred is becoming a bum - he's not even bothering to work more than once a month.
That mechanic's a bum - he couldn't fix a yo-yo.
That guy keeps interrupting the concert. Throw the bum out!
Bun
(transitive) To form (the hair) into a bun.
Bum
A player or racer who often performs poorly.
Trade him to another team, he's a bum!
Bun
To smoke cannabis.
Bum
(colloquial) A drinking spree.
Bun
To shoot.
Bum
(dated) A humming noise.
Bun
Any of a variety of slightly sweetened or plain raised cakes or bisquits, often having a glazing of sugar and milk on the top crust; as, a hot cross bun.
Bum
(obsolete) A bumbailiff.
Bun
A type of coiffure in which the hair is gathered into a coil or knot at the top of the head.
Bum
To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
Bun
The buttocks.
Bum
To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
Can I bum a cigarette off you?
Bun
Same as blood urea nitrogen; the concentration of nitrogen in blood present in the form of urea; - used as a measure of kidney function.
Bum
To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.
I think I'll just bum around downtown for awhile until dinner.
Bun
Small rounded bread either plain or sweet
Bum
To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
Bum
To depress; to make unhappy.
Bum
(intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
Bum
(UK) An expression of annoyance.
Bum
Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
Bum note
Bum
Unfair.
Bum deal
Bum
Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
I can't play football anymore on account of my bum knee.
Bum
Unpleasant or unhappy.
He had a bum trip on that mescaline.
Bum
The buttock.
Bum
A humming noise.
Bum
To make murmuring or humming sound.
Bum
To borrow without intention of returning; to cadge; as, to bum a cigarette; to bum a cup of coffee; - usually with inexpensive items as the object.
Bum
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'
Bum
A disreputable vagrant;
A homeless tramp
He tried to help the really down-and-out bums
Bum
Person who does no work;
A lazy bum
Bum
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?
Bum
Ask for and get free; be a parasite
Bum
Be lazy or idle;
Her son is just bumming around all day
Bum
Of very poor quality
