Bottom vs. Bummy — What's the Difference?

The lowest point or part of something

Like a bum homeless person or hobo

A person's buttocks

(slang) Lousy; depressed or disappointed.

One of six flavours of quark.

Bottom; buttocks

Stamina or strength of character

A man who takes the passive role in anal intercourse with another man.

In the lowest position

(of a ship) reach or touch the ground under the sea

(of a situation) reach the lowest point before stabilizing or improving

The deepest or lowest part

The part closest to a reference point

The underside

The supporting part; the base.

The far end or part

The last place, as on a list.

The lowest or least favorable position

The basic underlying quality; the source

The solid surface under a body of water.

Often bottoms Low-lying alluvial land adjacent to a river. Also called bottomland.

(Nautical) The part of a ship's hull below the water line.

A ship; a boat

Often bottoms The trousers or short pants of pajamas.

(Informal) The buttocks.

The seat of a chair.

(Baseball) The second or last half of an inning.

Staying power; stamina. Used of a horse.

(Slang) One who is penetrated by another person or is the submissive partner in a sexual encounter or relationship.

Situated at the bottom

Of the lowest degree, quality, rank, or amount

To provide with an underside.

To provide with a foundation; base

To have or strike the underside against something

The lowest part of anything.

A garment worn to cover the body below the torso.

Spirits poured into a glass before adding soda water.

The far end of somewhere.

Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.

Power of endurance.

The base; the fundamental part; basic aspect.

Low-lying land; a valley or hollow.

(usually: bottoms or bottomland) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.

(euphemism) The buttocks or anus.

The lowest part of a container.

The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.

An abyss.

(nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.

(nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.

(baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.

(BDSM) A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.

(gay slang) A man who prefers the receptive role in anal sex with men.

(particle physics) bottom quark.

A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.

(obsolete) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.

(transitive) To furnish (something) with a bottom.

(transitive) To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water).

(obsolete) To wind (like a ball of thread etc.).

(transitive) To establish or found (something) on or upon.

To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath.

To be based or grounded.

To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action.

(transitive) To reach the bottom of something.

To fall to the lowest point.

To be the submissive partner in a BDSM relationship.

To be anally penetrated in gay sex.

The lowest or last place or position.

(transgender) Relating to the genitals.

The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.

The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface.

That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.

The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.

The fundament; the buttocks.

An abyss.

Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.

The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.

Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.

Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.

A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.

Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.

To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; - followed by on or upon.

To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.

To reach or get to the bottom of.

To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; - usually with on or upon.

To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.

To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.

The lower side of anything

The lowest part of anything;

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

The second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

A depression forming the ground under a body of water;

Low-lying alluvial land near a river

A cargo ship;

Provide with a bottom or a seat;

Strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom

Come to understand

Situated at the bottom or lowest position;

At the bottom; lowest or last;

The lowest rank;