All bumming synonyms
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B b verb bumming
- tap β Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol
- brace β If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
- burn β If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
- chisel β A chisel is a tool that has a long metal blade with a sharp edge at the end. It is used for cutting and shaping wood and stone.
- freeload β to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- sponge 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.
- nick β Old Nick.
- benefit β The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- score β the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- want β to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- buzz β If something buzzes or buzzes somewhere, it makes a long continuous sound, like the noise a bee makes when it is flying.
- cadge β If someone cadges food, money, or help from you, they ask you for it and succeed in getting it.
- panhandle β the handle of a pan.
- pledge β a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- soak β to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- pawn β to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
- negotiate β to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- lift β to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- sound β The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3β30 miles (5β48 km) wide.
- bumble β to speak or do in a clumsy, muddled, or inefficient way
- rustle β to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- zoom β to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound: cars zooming by on the freeway.
- drone β Music. a continuous low tone produced by the bass pipes or bass strings of musical instruments. the pipes (especially of the bagpipe) or strings producing this tone. a bagpipe equipped with such pipes.
- whir β to go, fly, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a humming or buzzing sound: An electric fan whirred softly in the corner.
- bombinate β to make a buzzing noise
- thrum β to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar, by plucking the strings, especially in an idle, monotonous, or unskillful manner; strum.
- trifle β an article or thing of very little value.
- lie β Jonas, 1880β1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
- stall β a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
- slack β not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- relax β to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- goldbrick β Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- dillydally β to waste time, especially by indecision; vacillate; trifle; loiter.
- loiter β to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- drift β a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- lounge β to pass time idly and indolently.
- idle β not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- malinger β to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- shirk β to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
- dally β If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
- dream β a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- saunter β to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- stroll β to walk leisurely as inclination directs; ramble; saunter; take a walk: to stroll along the beach.
- vegetate β to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
- piddle β to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed by around): He wasted the day piddling around.
- loaf β a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- dangle β If something dangles from somewhere or if you dangle it somewhere, it hangs or swings loosely.
- droop β to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- slump β to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
- lean β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.