English Explanatory Dictionary

bummer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
  2. An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
  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.
noun
  1. A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
  2. A psychedelic crisis; hallucinogenic drug use producing undesirable dysphoric psychological effects, most often fear, paranoia, and especially horrifying hallucinations; a bad trip.
intj
  1. Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).
noun
  1. A gay man.
adj
  1. comparative form of bum: more bum

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌ.mɚ/ en-us-bummer.ogg

Word forms

bummer bummers

Etymology

From German Bummler (“a drifter, a stroller, a rambler, a loiterer, a laggard”), from bummeln (“loaf, loiter, stroll, ramble”).

Synonyms

bloodsucker bludger bummer freeloader free rider gadfly leech mooch moocher parasite scrounge scrounger scunge smell-feast sponge sponger sucker trencher mate

Related words

bum out bad trip psychedelic crisis

Derived words

bum Obummer bumder
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