bum around

English

Verb

bum around (third-person singular simple present bums around, present participle bumming around, simple past and past participle bummed around)

1. (transitive and intransitive, informal) To wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.
   • 1974 November 25, “The Original Kojak”, in Time:

     Along the way, he dropped out of sight several times to bum around South America.

Translations

loiter

• German: rumgammeln (de)
• Italian: vagabondare (it), girovagare (it), bighellare (it), gironzolare (it), ciondolare (it), indugiare (it)