bum about

Questions about bum about

What does bum about mean?

bum about means "be lazy or idle".

What is another word for bum about?

Close synonyms include bum, bum around, arse around, arse about, fuck off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bum about a common word?

bum about is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.