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chummy
[
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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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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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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