- bummer
- Noun. 1. A bad time, a bad experience, a disappointment. Orig. U.S.2. A homosexual male. Derog.
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Bummer — may refer to:*Bummer SUV, an SUV build by Tatonka Products * [Bummer] http://albuscav.us/blog/?p=143, a giant sculpture by Myk Henry installed at the Burning Man 2008 *Bummer Vacation, a SpongeBob SquarePants episode *Double Bummer, a double LP… … Wikipedia
bummer — um mer (b[u^]m [ e]r), n. 1. An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a loafer; a dissipated sponger; one who bums. [Slang, U.S.] [1913 Webster] 2. an unpleasant event, experience, or situation; as, getting caught… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bummer — [n] bad experience disappointment, disaster, downer*, drag*, misfortune; concepts 674,679 … New thesaurus
bummer — ► NOUN informal 1) an annoying or disappointing thing. 2) N. Amer. a vagrant or loafer. ORIGIN perhaps from German Bummler, from bummeln stroll, loaf about … English terms dictionary
bummer — ☆ bummer [bum′ər ] n. [< BUM1 + ER] 1. [Old Slang] one who lives by bumming 2. Slang any unpleasant or unsatisfactory thing or experience: orig., an unpleasant drug experience … English World dictionary
bummer — 1. AND bum trip n. a bad drug experience. (Drugs.) □ She almost didn’t get back from a bum trip. □ This bummer comes from mixing pills. 2. n. a disagreeable thing or person. □ My coach is a real bummer … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bummer — [[t]bʌ̱mə(r)[/t]] bummers N COUNT: usu sing If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying. [INFORMAL] I had a bummer of a day... What a bummer! … English dictionary
bummer — 1. noun a) A disappointment, a pity, a shame. Thats a total bummer. b) homosexual male See Also: bum out 2 … Wiktionary
bummer — bum|mer [ˈbʌmə US ər] n [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: BUM1] a bummer informal a situation that is disappointing or annoying ▪ It was a real bummer being ill on holiday … Dictionary of contemporary English
bummer — noun a bummer slang a situation that is disappointing or annoying: It was a real bummer being ill on holiday … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bummer — /ˈbʌmə / (say bumuh) Colloquial –noun 1. something which causes disappointment: losing my wallet was a real bummer. –interjection 2. (an exclamation of sympathy at another s misfortune): you lost your wallet? Bummer! {bum2 (def. 5) + m + er1} …
