bums

bums

See also: Bums

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʌmz/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmz

Noun

bums

  1. plural of bum

Verb

bums

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bum

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology 1

Noun

bums

  1. pimple
Usage notes

Often used with presse in front.

Declension
Declension of bums
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bums bumsen bumser bumserne
genitive bumss bumsens bumsers bumsernes

Etymology 2

Noun

bums c (singular definite bumsen, plural indefinite bumser)

  1. (derogatory) bum, vagabond, vagrant

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʊms]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

bums

  1. singular imperative of bumsen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of bumsen

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German bums, imitative of a thud.

Adverb

bums (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) at once, immediately; without delay
    Det måste göras bums!
    It must be done now!

Synonyms

Further reading

  • “bums”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
  • bums in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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