chum
A friend; a palA friend; a pal.
» Are you all chums?
Вы все приятели?
Значення
значень: 6(застаріле)A friend; a pal.
Kumpel, Freund
прия́тельprijátelʹ
(застаріле)A roommate, especially in a college or university.
Mitbewohner
това́рищ m по комнатеpo, сожительsožitelʹ
(Канада, США, незлічуване)A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water as groundbait to attract predator fish, such as sharks.
Near-synonym: shark bait
bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish
A coarse mould for holding the clay while being worked on a whirler, lathe or manually.
Synonym of chum salmon.
A temporary dwelling used by the nomadic Uralic reindeer herders of northwestern Siberia.
чумčum
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речень: 4Are you all chums?
ruВы все приятели? — odexed
To attract sharks, scientists prepare a special bloody bait concoction known as "chum".
Calling someone a chum simply shows your overestimation of your place in the social hierarchy.
If you keep pestering me, I'll send you overboard to chum the water with your useless guts!
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мов: 5За значеннями 3
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Походження
1675–85; of uncertain origin, possibly from cham, shortening of chambermate, or from comra1675–85; of uncertain origin, possibly from cham, shortening of chambermate, or from comrade. Less likely from Welsh cymrawd (“fellow”), compare brawd (“brother”).
Originally American English, from the 1850s. Perhaps from Powhatan.
From Chinook Jargon tzum (“spotted, marked”), from Chinook.
From Russian чум (čum), from Komi-Zyrian чум (ćum) and/or Udmurt чум (ćum, “tent, shelter”).
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множина: chumsСиноніми
синонімів: 54- a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish:chum salmonOncorhynchus keta
- a close friend who accompanies their buddies in their activities:buddycronypalsidekick