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- Dictionarychum/tʃʌm/
noun
- 1. a close friend: "she shared the cake with her chums"
- 2. used as a friendly or familiar form of address between men or boys: "it's your own fault, chum"
verb
- 1. form a friendship with someone: "his sister chummed up with Sally"
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: 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.
CHUM definition: 1. a friend: 2. fish or meat cut into small pieces and thrown from a boat to attract larger fish…. Learn more.
CHUM meaning: 1. a friend: 2. fish or meat cut into small pieces and thrown from a boat to attract larger fish…. Learn more.
Chum definition: a close or intimate companion. See examples of CHUM used in a sentence.
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 .] chum 2. (chŭm) n. Bait usually consisting of oily fish ground up and scattered on the water. v. chummed, chum·ming, chums. v.intr.
chum in British English. (tʃʌm ) noun. 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.
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.
Jun 30, 2024 · chum (third-person singular simple present chums, present participle chumming, simple past and past participle chummed) ( fishing, transitive, intransitive) To cast chum into the water to attract fish.
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… See more. in Portuguese. amigo\amiga, salmão-cão, salmão-keta… See more. in more languages
to fish by attracting fish by dumping cut or ground bait into the water. v.t. Hunting and Fishing to dump chum into (a body of water) so as to attract fish. Hunting and Fishing to lure (fish) with chum: They chummed the fish with hamburger.
