bumming
Living off others
Bumming is asking for something without paying, usually small things like cigarettes or spare change: Can I bum a smoke?
He's always bumming rides.
The word suggests casual mooching rather than desperate begging.
In British slang, bumming can mean anal sex.
Separately, bumming around means idling or wandering aimlessly.
Exploiting others' generosity
- spongingTaking without reciprocating
- cadgingObtaining through begging
- scroungingSeeking handouts resourcefully
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
borrowing · panhandling · hitting up · leeching · imposing · mooching off
Reclining in idleness
- lazingResting without aim
- slackingAvoiding effort deliberately
- loafingPassing time idly
- veggingIdling passively, mentally absent
chilling · relaxing · lolling · dawdling · hanging out · goofing off · killing time · wasting time
Persistently sad, spiritless
- dejectedLow in spirits
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
- disheartenedLost confidence or hope
crestfallen · dispirited · glum · low · down · blue · melancholy · morose
Moving without purpose
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- vagabondingNomadic, rootless traveling
- trampingWalking heavily, laboriously
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
hitchhiking · travelling · backpacking · roving · nomadic · itinerant · homeless · transient
freeloading
Exploiting others' generosity
- spongingTaking without reciprocating
- cadgingObtaining through begging
- scroungingSeeking handouts resourcefully
begging · borrowing · panhandling · hitting up · leeching · imposing · mooching off
lounging
Reclining in idleness
vegging · chilling · relaxing · lolling · dawdling · hanging out · goofing off · killing time · wasting time · doing nothing
depressed
Persistently sad, spiritless
- dejectedLow in spirits
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
disheartened · crestfallen · dispirited · glum · low · down · blue · melancholy · morose · forlorn
drifting
Moving without purpose
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- vagabondingNomadic, rootless traveling
- trampingWalking heavily, laboriously
rambling · hitchhiking · travelling · backpacking · roving · nomadic · itinerant · homeless · transient · wayfaring
- moochingmooch, moocher, mooching, freeloader, freeloading
- Cigarettescigarette, cig, ciggy, smoke, smokes
bummingearning
Gaining through work
working · self-supporting · providing · self-sufficient · producing
- bumming aroundIdling without purpose
bump, bum, bummer, bums, bumping, bummed, bumped, bumblebee, bumpkin