Explore Bumming through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bumming meaning
present participle and gerund of bum
Using Bumming
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of bum
Context around Bumming
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bumming
- In this selection, "bumming" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, first and referred stand out and add context to how "bumming" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include apologize for bumming all of and at first bumming a smoke. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bumming" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bumming
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Have a look, if you’re bumming around the show floor. (11 words)
And now let me apologize for bumming all of you all, but hey, it’s nature. (16 words)
Small setbacks can feel like small deaths, and the stakes of speaking up can feel bigger than whatever might be bumming them out. (23 words)
Soon he was joined by several others, at first bumming a smoke and then, retrieving their hidden stash of Marlboro Lights from their cars and returning to the party. (29 words)
Liverpool's spent their early career running around with the likes of bumming out the masses with their cathartic blend of doom-kissed riffs and beautifully simplistic lyricism. (28 words)
Bumming referred to the process of making the code more concise so that more can be done in fewer instructions, saving precious memory for further enhancements. (26 words)
Example sentences (6)
Small setbacks can feel like small deaths, and the stakes of speaking up can feel bigger than whatever might be bumming them out.
And now let me apologize for bumming all of you all, but hey, it’s nature.
Have a look, if you’re bumming around the show floor.
Liverpool's spent their early career running around with the likes of bumming out the masses with their cathartic blend of doom-kissed riffs and beautifully simplistic lyricism.
Soon he was joined by several others, at first bumming a smoke and then, retrieving their hidden stash of Marlboro Lights from their cars and returning to the party.
Bumming referred to the process of making the code more concise so that more can be done in fewer instructions, saving precious memory for further enhancements.