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Meaning of "bum steer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUM STEER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUM STEER

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bum steer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUM STEER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bum steer

Bum steer

To give a bum steer is a predominantly Australian and New Zealand idiom which is evident from the 19th century use and means to provide information that is not correct, was not found helpful, or caused one to be led astray. It does not imply either intentional or unintentional provision of information, and is not generally regarded as pejorative. Bounty showing the stern and rudder of a typical sailing vessel of the 19th century The "steer" in the idiom is not originally related to the bovines. Its origin is suggested to be derived from the American maritime humour of trying to steer a vessel in reverse where its stern construction, in the 19th century, lacked the streamlines of the bow, and is therefore prone to miscalculated manoeuvring when using the rudder. The manoeuvring was accomplished through shouted instructions on the wharf to the wheelhouse where the steering was performed, via intermediary deckhands, and was therefore prone to misunderstanding owing to the wide variety of nationalities employed on United States merchant vessels during the 19th century.

Definition of bum steer in the English dictionary

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUM STEER

bum
bum bag
bum boy
bum rap
bum someone off
bum´s rush
bumbailiff
bumbaze
bumbershoot
bumble
bumble-foot
bumble-puppy
bumblebee
bumbleberry
bumbledom
bumbler
bumbling
bumblingly
bumbo
bumboat

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUM STEER

budgeteer
charioteer
gadgeteer
gazetteer
marketeer
missteer
musketeer
outsteer
oversteer
pamphleteer
privateer
profiteer
puppeteer
rocketeer
sock puppeteer
sonneteer
steer
teer
understeer
volunteer

Synonyms and antonyms of bum steer in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bum steer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUM STEER

Find out the translation of bum steer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bum steer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bum steer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

流浪汉转向
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bum steer
570 millions of speakers

English

bum steer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चूतड़ स्टीयर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بوم انزلاقية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Bum Steer
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bum steer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাম বাহক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bum steer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bolak balik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bum steer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

尻ステア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부랑자 조종
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngguyu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bum chỉ đạo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பம் ஸ்டீயர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बम स्टीअर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yanlış bilgi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bum steer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bum wół
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Bum Steer
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bum steer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλήτης βόδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bum stuur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bum steer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

boms steer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bum steer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUM STEER»

The term «bum steer» is normally little used and occupies the 135.686 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUM STEER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bum steer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUM STEER»

Discover the use of bum steer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bum steer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bum Steer
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
Pickard, 2010
2
Never Give a Heifer a Bum Steer
Preposterous stories, told with a historical perspective and a balladeer's sense of drama and irony by Marshall Trimble, the "Will Rogers of Arizona", make this humorous book entertaining reading for fans of Western culture.
Marshall Trimble, 1999
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Scoobypedia - Episodes: A Bum Steer for Scooby, a Bungle in ...
Source: Wikia.
Source: Wikia, 2011
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Who Took the Bum Steer Out of the Money Market Stampede?
Centerre Bank developed a marketing campaign to introduce the Centerre Insured Money Market Account as a unique product and a better investment than alternative competitive products.
Centerre Bank, St. Louis, Mo, 1983
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Making Your First Year a Success: A Classroom Survival Guide ...
The word I illustrated was “bum steer,” and I drew a picture of a big, unshaven, bummy-looking, disheveled, long-horned, bull-like bovine carrying a whiskey bottle and smoking a stub of a cigarette, standing dressed like a bum on Skid Row.
Robert L. Wyatt III, J. Elaine White, 2007
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Kiss My Arse: The Story of the Pogues
A meeting of electronic and folk music, it was originally performed as a live soundtrack to projections of out-takes from Gallivant, one of Kotting's films, as part of the seminal Visionary Landscapes festival at Cecil Sharp House. Bum Steer, by ...
Carol Clerk, 2009
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The Wizard of Odds: How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed the ...
These guys were so good that they could make or miss a spread by a single point , and they never gave Jack a bum steer. I'd say there were about five or six players who called on a regular basis. I was always amazed by how many NBA ball ...
Charley Rosen, 2002
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Overlanders
This was called a 'bum steer'. When a house and backyard had filled to overflowing, those left outside in the street would have their own party, or as late comers arrived, and those who had got the wrong directions came to add to the numbers, ...
Richard-Warren Strong
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Late Bloomer: A Memoir of School Days
Maybe they were afraid I'd give them a bum steer or something, as if whatever infection I had was catching. Once, after only about a month of torture, I raised my hand to answer a question I knew cold about one of Poe's short stories.
Nathaniel Bickford, 2008
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On Becoming an Alchemist
And because you know your field, it is easier to distinguish a genuine insight from a bum steer. You can test the idea you've been given to see if it works. When clairvoyants stray into falsehood and flakiness, it is almost always because they ...
Catherine MacCoun, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUM STEER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bum steer is used in the context of the following news items.
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3 local lawmakers make lists of best, worst
Unlike the high-profile Bum Steer Awards, which are distributed annually and include news-making personalities throughout the state, Texas ... «The Killeen Daily Herald, Jul 15»
2
LETTER: Trash woes extensive
I guess this gives Texas Monthly another reason to list us in the 2015 Bum Steer awards! Copyright 2015 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. «San Angelo Standard Times, Jul 15»
3
Smeenks making improvements to Stop and Shop
Originally the building was a restaurant called the Bum Steer and transformed into a bar and gas station by the Middleton family. «Rapid City Journal, Jul 15»
4
Rodeo exemption from PE is a bum steer: Guest commentary
When the state Assembly Education Committee gathers for a hearing on July 1 in Sacramento, Long Beach area legislators on the committee ... «Long Beach Press Telegram, Jun 15»
5
Pro Tip: Don't Steal A Stick If You Can't Drive A Stick
Talk about a bum steer: Utah Police say a man tried to steal a car, then had to call a cab after he couldn't figured out how to use a stick shift. «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
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ad gives job seekers a bum steer
Positions vacant ad gives job seekers a bum steer. Careers. by: JANE WATKINS; From: news.com.au; 18 days ago June 15, 2015 6:13PM. Share; Share on ... «NEWS.com.au, Jun 15»
7
Miriam Lord: Chilling effect of fear of litigation can be petrifying
The Minister had, in all good faith, given deputies a bum steer when answering questions about whether the Department of Finance possessed ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
8
McKinney Texas the latest episode in posterized, radically racial …
On the grandstand, with the clock ticking, one can only hope that the actions taken thus far don't prove to be a bum steer! Texas, the eyes of the ... «Examiner.com, Jun 15»
9
Gay bull Benjy gives us bum steer as he falls for Jezebel
Benjy the "gay bull" has been castrated after becoming romantically involved with an elderly female cow named Jezebel. «Irish Independent, May 15»
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Aussie jockey gives punters a bum steer after trousers fall down …
Tried to give my fellow jocks a bum steer but unfortunately backfired.” Appropriately-named Modesty finished third behind Shinn and the ... «South China Morning Post, Apr 15»

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