Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bum's rush

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: bum's rush
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The forcible ejection of someone, such as a bum or a hobo, from an establishment.

American usage; Slang

Example Sentences

""I didnt' think you fellows'd put the bum's rush onto me," he complained, "I ain't no bum.""
"It seems that the board appointed to look into alleged shortcomings of leftish Council leaders didn't like the "observers" who were brought along and decided to give them the bum's rush."
"At that point Duck got the bum’s rush from the organising Miss Bowen[.]"
"But suddenly he has a lucid interval . . . senses exactly what is going on. And he gives me this furious look. Astonishes me by saying, with all the old force, in his old, frightening growl: “This is a bum's rush!”"
"Early last September, some fellow beekeepers reported that the females in their bee colonies had already given the bum's rush to the males, the drones, kicking them out in the cold."

Etymology

* First use appears c. 1911. See cite below. * Although Baumes law has been suggested as the origin, bum's rush was in use more than a decade before that law was passed.

Usage

American usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

bum's rushes (plural)

Phrases

bum rush bum-rush

Frequently Paired Words

bum rush bum-rush

Questions

What does bum's rush mean?: The forcible ejection of someone, such as a bum or a hobo, from an establishment.
Where does bum's rush come from?: * First use appears c. 1911. See cite below. * Although Baumes law has been suggested as the origin, bum's rush was in use more than a decade before that law was passed.

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