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noun
- 1. a close friend.
verb
- 1. be friendly to or form a friendship with someone: "they started chumming around in high school"
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1. : to room together. 2. a. : to be a close friend. b. : to show affable friendliness. c. : to spend time with someone as a friend usually used with around. In the early '50s he entered Cornell University but quit after two years and lit out for Greenwich Village, where he studied drama and chummed around with James Dean. William Plummer et al.
chum noun (FISH) [ U ] fish or meat cut into small pieces and thrown from a boat to attract larger fish, for example sharks. [ C ] plural chum (also chum salmon) a type of large salmon (= a fish whose pink flesh is eaten as food) that lives in the North Pacific.
Nov 6, 2017 · CHUM meaning: 1. a friend: 2. fish or meat cut into small pieces and thrown from a boat to attract larger fish…. Learn more.
1. informal. a close friend. verb Word forms: chums, chumming, chummed. 2. (intransitive; usually foll by up with) to be or become an intimate friend (of) 3. (transitive) Scottish. to accompany. I'll chum you home. Collins English Dictionary.
A chum is a friend or a pal. You and your best chums might spend the weekend camping together. The informal word chum is more common in Britain than the US, but you can still talk about your school chums or the new chum you made on a Caribbean cruise.
chums; chummed; chumming. Britannica Dictionary definition of CHUM. [no object] chiefly US, informal. : to spend time with someone as a friend — usually + around. a politician who is often seen chumming around [= palling around] with celebrities.
intr.v. chummed, chum·ming, chums. 1. a. To be an intimate friend. b. To display good-natured friendliness: chummed around with the other teammates. 2. To share the same room, as in a dormitory. [Perhaps short for chamber fellow, roommate.]
Definition of chum noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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noun [ C ] informal uk / tʃʌm / us. Add to word list Add to word list. a friend. chummy. adjective. friendly. (Definition of chum from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of chum. in Chinese (Traditional) 朋友, 夥計, 夥伴… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 朋友, 伙计, 伙伴… See more. in Spanish. amigo, amiga, colega…
