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Definition of bum rap
bum rap
noun
- a bad deal.
- See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
Last edited on Mar 19 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing': | |
| Definitions include: something displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: inadequate or displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: an instance of failure. | |
| Definitions include: of poor quality, displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: inadequate, displeasing, or of poor quality. | |
| Definitions include: "shitty". | |
| Definitions include: to be bad or displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: fake. | |
| Definitions include: "Bollocks" is also the present tense and plural form of bollock. | |
| Definitions include: to end an intimate relationship with someone. | |
| Definitions include: terrible. | |
| Definitions include: an insult or retort. | |
| Definitions include: displeasing; of poor quality; bad. | |
| Definitions include: expression of dismay; "bummer". | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'bum': | |
| Definitions include: a person (usually male) who spends a lot of time at the beach. | |
| Definitions include: to be sad. | |
| Definitions include: to be lazy. | |
| Definitions include: Australia, New Zealand, and UK equivalent of "fanny pack". | |
| Definitions include: a male homosexual. | |
| Definitions include: two close male friends. | |
| Definitions include: Somebody with an extreme double-chin, shaped like buttocks ("bum") | |
| Definitions include: a male homosexual's sexual partner. | |
| Definitions include: young boy's facial hair. | |
| Definitions include: A long distance away from you | |
| Definitions include: a rural location. | |
| Definitions include: somewhere in the middle of nowhere | |
| Definitions include: living miles away from town. | |
| Definitions include: anal sex. | |
| Definitions include: a person who behaves overly fawning so as to win favor; "suck-up". | |
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Other terms relating to 'rap': | |
| Definitions include: unwarranted criticism. | |
| Definitions include: "gangster rap". | |
| Definitions include: To fight or do anything with great intensity. | |
| Definitions include: to assign the blame unfairly to. | |
| Definitions include: one's game | |
| Definitions include: very wild and out of control. | |
| Definitions include: a person who raps. | |
| Definitions include: a discussion. | |
| Definitions include: a list of one's past criminal charges. | |
| Definitions include: to accept blame. | |
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