Dictionary Definition
bummer
Noun
1 an experience that is irritating or frustrating
or disappointing; "having to stand in line so long was a real
bummer"
2 a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes with: -ʌmə(r)
Noun
- In the context of "chiefly|_|slang": A disappointment, a
pity, a shame.
- That's a total bummer.
- In the context of "UK|slang|uncommon": homosexual male
Translations
a disappointment, a pity, a shame
- Finnish: pettymys, harmi, kurja juttu
homosexual male
- Hindi: गाँडू
- Urdu: گانڈو
Related terms
Adjective
bummer- comparative of bum
Extensive Definition
Bummer may refer to:
- Bummer SUV, an SUV build by Tatonka Products
- Bummer Vacation, a SpongeBob SquarePants episode
- Double Bummer, a double-LP by Bongwater
- Major Bummer, a comic book published by DC Comics
- Bummer (dog), famous San Franciscian dog from the 1860s
- Derogatory term for Homosexual
- An expression of disappointment; an unpleasant or disappointing experience
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Arab,
Bowery bum, adverse circumstances, adversity, affliction, aggravation, annoyance, bandit, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blight, blighter, bo, brigand, budmash, bum, cadger, caitiff, care, coupon clippers, cross, curse, depredator, derelict, devil, difficulties, difficulty, dogie, downer, drifter, drone, drunkard, forager, freebooter, freeloader, gamin, gamine, good-for-naught,
good-for-nothing, guttersnipe, hard knocks,
hard life, hard lot, hardcase, hardship, hobo, homeless waif, human wreck,
idle rich, idler, irritation, landloper, lazzarone, leisure class,
loafer, looter, losel, lounge lizard, lowlife, lumpen proletariat,
mauvais sujet, mean wretch, mendicant, mendicant friar,
mendicant order, moocher, mucker, mudlark, no-good, nonworker, panhandler, parasite, pauvre diable,
piker, pilgarlic, pillager, plight, plunderer, poor creature, poor
devil, predicament,
pressure, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rentiers, rigor, rounder, sad case, sad sack,
schnorrer, scrounger, sea of troubles,
ski bum, skid-row bum, spiv, sponger, stiff, stray, street Arab, street urchin,
stress, stress of life,
sundowner, surf bum,
swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis
bum, the unemployable, the unemployed, tramp, trial, tribulation, trouble, troubles, truant, turnpiker, urchin, vag, vagabond, vagrant, vale of tears, vaurien, vicissitude, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, worthless fellow,
wretch