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chum¹ Definition

chum (c̸hum)

noun

  1. Archaic a roommate
  2. a close friend

Etymology: late 17th-c. slang; prob. altered sp. of cham, clipped form of chamber (fellow), chamber (mate)

intransitive verb chummed, chum·ming

  1. Archaic to share the same room
  2. to go about together, as close friends do to chum around

chum² Definition

chum (c̸hum)

noun

fish or mollusks cut into pieces and scattered in the water to attract game fish to a fishing area

Etymology: < ? Scot chum, food

intransitive verb chummed, chum·ming

to use chum to attract fish

chum³ Definition

chum (c̸hum)

noun

chum salmon

chum* Synonyms

chum*

modif.

chum Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • game-play: Off a game-playing chums dryer tips taxes floor of the.
  • have: What would they have done if they had no school chums like Barry and Stephen?
  • meet: Also met a chum from the 19th Battalion, Frank Long.
  • make: It might be a mongrel, but we reckon it makes a pedigree chum.
  • do: Syd would then ask " What would you do, chums?
  • get: Got a chum who won't let up about how great Dogs Dies In Hot Cars are?

Adjective modifier

  • canine: Grand Finale Friends United Best collection of canine chums.
  • old: However, an old college chum had passed on a tip.
  • former: Surely, comrade Galloway would have insisted on an active relationship with his former chums on the Labor left.
  • little: Come on sun, get your finger out my little chums want to do some sunbathing!
  • good: Our good chum Tim Ireland has done us proud with this excellent logo.
  • great: It was lovely to see, everybody ended up great chums.

Modifies a noun

  • mixer: There they are, floating about on the top, so you introduce a few chum mixers.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: To have chummed up with him would have been fatal the common dodge.

Preposition: of

  • mine: The other day I was chatting away with a fishing chum of mine about strange things we have seen whilst on the bank.

Noun used with modifier

  • pedigree: Is there really any such thing as a pedigree chum?
  • college: However, an old college chum had passed on a tip.
  • school: The school chum contact page is also a good addition.
  • boyhood: He set about selling shares to those members of his workforce who had been his boyhood chums.
  • childhood: It's the everyday story of a showbiz tyro, his childhood chum and Auntie.
chum Quotes

Nationalism, and its chum, patriotism, encourage unedifying hyperbole.

—Dunn, Douglas Eaglesham

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