Definition of BUMMER

bummer

Meanings

Plural: bummers

Noun

  • an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing
    • "having to stand in line so long was a real bummer"
  • a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug
  • A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
  • An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
  • 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.
  • A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
  • A psychedelic crisis; hallucinogenic drug use producing undesirable dysphoric psychological effects, most often fear, paranoia, and especially horrifying hallucinations; a bad trip.
  • A gay man.

Intj

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

Adj

  • comparative form of bum: more bum

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

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

Scrabble Score: 12

bummer is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
bummer is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bummer is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

bummer is a valid Words With Friends word