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chumminess
[
chuhm
-ee
]
Origin
chum·my
/
ˈtʃʌm
i
/
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[
chuhm
-ee
]
Show IPA
adjective,
-mi·er,
-mi·est.
Informal
.
friendly; intimate; sociable.
Origin:
1825–35;
chum
1
+
-y
1
Related forms
chum·mi·ly,
adverb
chum·mi·ness,
noun
Synonyms
close, devoted, familiar, congenial.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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So is
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quincunx
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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World English Dictionary
chummy
(ˈtʃʌmɪ)
—
adj
,
-mier
,
-miest
informal
friendly
'chummily
—
adv
'chumminess
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
chummy
adj., 1884, from
chum
(1).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
chummy definition
mod.
friendly. :
Don't get too chummy with me. I'm a real son of a bitch.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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