[chuhm] 
noun, verb, chummed, chum⋅ming.| 1. | a close or intimate companion: boyhood chums. |
| 2. | a roommate, as at college. |
| 3. | to associate closely. |
| 4. | to share a room or rooms with another, esp. in a dormitory at a college or prep school. |
[chuhm] noun, verb, chummed, chum⋅ming.| 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. |
| 3. | to fish by attracting fish by dumping cut or ground bait into the water. |
| 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. |
| a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, occurring from southern California to Alaska and off the coasts of Japan and Korea, fished commercially and for sport. |
| chum 1 (chŭm) n. An intimate friend or companion. intr.v. chummed, chum·ming, chums
[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. To fish with such bait. v. tr. To lure (fish) with such bait. [Origin unknown.] |
| chum 3 (chŭm) n. A chum salmon. |
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