English Explanatory Dictionary

chum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A friend; a pal.
  2. A roommate, especially in a college or university.
verb
  1. To share rooms with someone; to live together.
  2. To lodge (somebody) with another person or people.
  3. To make friends; to socialize.
  4. To accompany.
noun
  1. A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water as groundbait to attract predator fish, such as sharks.
verb
  1. To cast chum into the water to attract fish.
noun
  1. A coarse mould for holding the clay while being worked on a whirler, lathe or manually.
noun
  1. Synonym of chum salmon.
noun
  1. A temporary dwelling used by the nomadic Uralic reindeer herders of northwestern Siberia.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/t͡ʃʌm/ en-us-chum.ogg /t͡ʃuːm/

Word forms

chum chums choom chumming chummed

Etymology

1675–85; of uncertain origin, possibly from cham, shortening of chambermate, or from comrade. Less likely from Welsh cymrawd (“fellow”), compare brawd (“brother”).

Synonyms

babber billy bredrin bruv bud buddo buddy butty chaver china chuck chum cock cocker cobber compadre comrade companion cove crony dawg dude duck fam fettler friend geez geezer gink good old boy homeskillet homie kith lover marrow mate matey mucker old bean pal pardner peeps punk shag sport surry tovarish wantok chum up shark bait chum salmon

Related words

blood in the water shark attack Chum Creek

Derived words

bum chum chum in chummage chummery chumming chummo chummy chumocracy chumship chum up dumb chum new chum Spec-chum chumbox chumbucket chum in the water chumsicle chummer
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