BUMMING (AROUND) Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

bumming (around)

verb

present participle of bum (around)

as in lounging (around or about)

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The informative thing was Lestat screwing around with me.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 June 2026
Mercedes is truly not screwing around with the new EQS.

— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Apr. 2026

Definition of screwing around

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President James Garfield’s assassin, Charles Guiteau, died by hanging about five months after he was convicted of murder.

— USA Today, USA Today, 17 June 2026
In 2019, city employees began hanging about 500 trick-or-treat pumpkin buckets in the trees on Main Street every October.

— Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025

Definition of hanging about

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His first two features were loose, low-budget films starring himself and made by messing around with friends; they were built on spontaneity and the belief that a movie reveals itself in the edit.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026
That sounds way better than messing around with a complex spider web of pole segments, elastic cords, sleeves and clips.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 July 2026

Definition of messing around

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