chumming

Variant of chum

chum 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, chumming chum′·ming

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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