chum
To share rooms with someoneTo share rooms with someone; to live together.
Meaning
5 senses(intransitive)To share rooms with someone; to live together.
(transitive)To lodge (somebody) with another person or people.
(intransitive)To make friends; to socialize.
(Scotland, informal, transitive)To accompany.
I'll chum you down to the shops.
(ambitransitive)To cast chum into the water to attract fish.
Examples
4 sentencesAre 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!
Origin
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.
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Forms
chums, chumming, chummed, chummedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.