bum around

Questions about bum around

What does bum around mean?

bum around means "be lazy or idle".

What is another word for bum around?

Close synonyms include bum, bum about, 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 around a common word?

bum around is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.