All bumming synonyms
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B b verb bumming
- cheat β When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- sidestep β to step to one side.
- slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- duck β any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- creep β When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
- quit β to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- slink β to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
- lurk β lurking
- parry β to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
- shun β to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- skulk β to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows.
- pester β to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- needle β a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- nag β to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- peeve β to render peevish; annoy.
- tease β to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- dog β a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- vex β to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- nettle β any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family.
- pique β a fabric of cotton, spun rayon, or silk, woven lengthwise with raised cords.
- bum β Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
- irk β to irritate, annoy, or exasperate: It irked him to wait in line.
- hack β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- gall β (Pizi) 1840?β94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
- grate β a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- bug β A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
- knock β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- beseech β If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously.
- hit β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- mooch β to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- angle β An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
- pray β to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- bite β If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
- impose β to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- levy β an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- implore β to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- crave β If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
- requisition β the act of requiring or demanding.
- command β If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
- solicit β to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- touch β to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- apply β If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- supplicate β to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- promote β to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- hustle β to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- ding β to cause surface damage to; dent: Flying gravel had dinged the car's fenders.
adj bumming
- leeching β any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- sponging β any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.