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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chum1 /tʃʌm/USA pronunciation n., v., chummed, chum•ming. n. [countable] - a close companion or friend;
pal:college chums.
v. - chum around with, [~ + around + with + object] to associate with (someone) closely:chumming around with bad people.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chum1 (chum),USA pronunciation n., v., chummed, chum•ming. n. - a close or intimate companion:boyhood chums.
- a roommate, as at college.
v.i. - to associate closely.
- to share a room or rooms with another, esp. in a dormitory at a college or prep school.
- of uncertain origin, originally 1675–85
- cut or ground bait dumped into the water to attract fish to the area where one is fishing.
- fish refuse or scraps discarded by a cannery.
v.i. - to fish by attracting fish by dumping cut or ground bait into the water.
v.t. - Hunting and Fishingto dump chum into (a body of water) so as to attract fish.
- Hunting and Fishingto lure (fish) with chum:They chummed the fish with hamburger.
- of uncertain origin, originally 1855–60, American.
- FishSee chum salmon.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: chum /tʃʌm/ n - informal a close friend
vb (chums, chumming, chummed)- (intransitive) usually followed by up with: to be or become an intimate friend (of)
- (transitive) Scot to accompany: I'll chum you home
Etymology: 17th Century (meaning: a person sharing rooms with another): probably shortened from chamber fellow, originally student slang (Oxford); compare crony |