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The correct spelling is bummer.

How to pronounce bummer

/ˈbʌ.mə(ɹ)/
noun

IPA: /ˈbʌ.mə(ɹ)/

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The correct spelling is bummer. A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864. For example: "bum note"

Usage Examples

bum note

bum deal

I can't play football anymore on account of my bum knee.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
  2. 2.An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
  3. 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.
  4. 4.A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
  5. 5.Homosexual male

adjective

  1. 1.Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
  2. 2.Unfair.
  3. 3.Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
  4. 4.Unpleasant or unhappy.

interjection

  1. 1.Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).

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