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Meaning of BUMMER

Pronunciation:  'bumur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug
  2. [n]  an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing; "having to stand in line so long was a real bummer"
 
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 See Also: annoyance, botheration, effect, irritation, vexation

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bum"mer\, n.
An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means
of support; a dissipated sponger. [Slang, U.S.]
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: adverse circumstances, adversity, affliction, aggravation, annoyance, Arab, bandit, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blight, blighter, bo, Bowery bum, brigand, budmash, bum, cadger, caitiff, care, coupon clippers, cross, curse, depredator, derelict, devil, difficulties, difficulty, dogie, downer, drifter, drone, drunkard, forager, freebooter, freeloader, gamin, gamine, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, guttersnipe, hard knocks, hard life, hard lot, hardcase, hardship, hobo, homeless waif, human wreck, idle rich, idler, irritation, landloper, lazzarone, leisure class, loafer, looter, losel, lounge lizard, lowlife, lumpen proletariat, mauvais sujet, mean wretch, mendicant, mendicant friar, mendicant order, moocher, mucker, mudlark, no-good, nonworker, panhandler, parasite, pauvre diable, piker, pilgarlic, pillager, plight, plunderer, poor creature, poor devil, predicament, pressure, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rentiers, rigor, rounder, sad case, sad sack, schnorrer, scrounger, sea of troubles, ski bum, skid-row bum, spiv, sponger, stiff, stray, street Arab, street urchin, stress, stress of life, sundowner, surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, the unemployable, the unemployed, tramp, trial, tribulation, trouble, troubles, truant, turnpiker, urchin, vag, vagabond, vagrant, vale of tears, vaurien, vicissitude, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, worthless fellow, wretch
 

 

 

 

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