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chum ¹  (chm)

n.

An intimate friend or companion.

intr.v. chummed, chum·ming, chums

1.

a. To be an intimate friend.

b. To display good-natured friendliness: chummed around with the other teammates.

2. To share the same room, as in a dormitory.

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[Perhaps short for chamber fellow, roommate.]

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chum ²  (chm)

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.

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[Origin unknown.]

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chum ³  (chm)

n.

A chum salmon.

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chum¹

n

Informal a close friend

vb chums, chumming, chummed

1. (intr; usually foll by up with) to be or become an intimate friend (of)

2. (tr) Scot 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 crony]

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chum²

n

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) Angling chiefly US and Canadian chopped fish, meal, etc., used as groundbait

[origin uncertain]

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chum³

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus keta

[from Chinook Jargon tsum spots, marks, from Chinook]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chum - a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities buddy, crony, pal, sidekick, brother cobber - Australian term for a pal friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
	2.	chum - bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish bait, decoy, lure - something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
	3.	chum - a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta salmon - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn genus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus - Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon

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chum

noun (Informal) friend, mate (informal), pal (informal), companion, cock (Brit. informal), comrade, crony, main man (slang, chiefly U.S.), cobber (Austral. or old-fashioned N.Z. informal) My dear old chum, what you tell me won't go any further.

Translations

chum [tʃʌm] N → amiguete m, colega mf, cuate mf (Mex) , pata mf (Peru) ; (= child) → amiguito/a m/f; (in direct address) → amigo
to be great chums → ser íntimos amigos
to be chums with sb → ser amigo de algn

chum up VI + ADV → hacerse amigos
to chum up with sb → hacerse amigo de algn

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chum [ˈtʃʌm] n (= friend) → copain* $(copine)m/f

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chum

n (inf) → Kamerad m, → Kumpel m (inf), → Spezi m (S Ger)

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chum [tʃʌm] n (fam) → compagno/a, amicone/a

chum up vi (fam) to chum up (with sb) → fare amicizia (con qn)

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chum [tʃʌm] n (fam) → compagno/a, amicone/a

chum up vi (fam) to chum up (with sb) → fare amicizia (con qn)

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chum

n chum [tʃam]

a close friend a school chum. maat, boesemvriend صَديقٌ حَميم другар kamarád kammerat der Kumpel φιλαράκι colega semu دوست صمیمی kaveri copain חָבֵר साथी prisan prijatelj cimbora sahabat félagi, vinur compagno 仲良し 패거리 친구 draugužis draugs kawan rapat makker kamerat, kompis kumpel companheiro prieten приятель kamarát prijatelj drugar kamrat, kompis เพื่อนสนิท arkadaş, ahbap 好朋友 нерозлучний друг; нерозлийвода گہرا دوست bạn thân 好朋友