breech vs bum

breech

noun
  • A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. 

  • The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. 

  • A breech birth. 

  • The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat. 

adv
  • With the hips coming out before the head. 

verb
  • To fit or furnish with a breech. 

  • To fasten with breeching. 

adj
  • Born, or having been born, breech. 

bum

noun
  • The buttocks. 

  • The anus. 

  • A drinking spree. 

  • A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man. 

  • A homeless person, usually a man. 

  • A player or racer who often performs poorly. 

verb
  • To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something. 

  • To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff). 

  • To sodomize; to engage in anal sex. 

  • To make a murmuring or humming sound. 

  • To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond. 

  • To depress; to make unhappy. 

adj
  • Of poor quality or highly undesirable. 

  • Unfair. 

  • Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective. 

  • Unpleasant or unhappy. 

intj
  • An expression of annoyance. 

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