noun
1.
a close or intimate companion: boyhood chums.
2.
a roommate, as at college.
verb (used without object)
3.
to associate closely.
4.
to share a room or rooms with another, especially in a dormitory at a college or prep school.
Origin:
1675–85; of uncertain origin
1675–85; of uncertain origin
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noun
1.
cut or ground bait dumped into the water to attract fish to the area where one is fishing.
2.
fish refuse or scraps discarded by a cannery.
verb (used without object)
3.
to fish by attracting fish by dumping cut or ground bait into the water.
verb (used with object)
4.
to dump chum into (a body of water) so as to attract fish.
5.
to lure (fish) with chum: They chummed the fish with hamburger.
Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; of uncertain origin
1855–60, Americanism; of uncertain origin
noun
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chum1 (tʃʌm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | informal a close friend |
| —vb (usually foll by up with) , chums, chumming, chummed | |
| 2. | to be or become an intimate friend (of) |
| 3. | (Scot) (tr) to accompany: I'll chum you home |
| [C17 (meaning: a person sharing rooms with another): probably shortened from chamber fellow, originally student slang (Oxford); compare | |
| chum2 (tʃʌm) | |
| —n | |
| chiefly (US), (Canadian) angling chopped fish, meal, etc, used as groundbait | |
| [C19: origin uncertain] | |
| chum3 (tʃʊm) | |
| —n | |
| a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus keta | |
| [from Chinook Jargon tsum spots, marks, from Chinook] | |
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Throw out the names of other firms that would be overjoyed to hire your chum.
They caught blue fish, ate their sandwiches and ran a chum slick a mile long without raising a mako.
Resident orcas, researchers found, eat chinook and chum salmon.
They hold their wings out, drop their feet into the water, and pick up pieces of the chum we've put out.
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