chum
pronunciation
How to pronounce chum in British English:
UK [tʃʌm]
How to pronounce chum in American English:
US [tʃʌm]
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- Noun:
- a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
Word Origin
- chum (n.1)
- "friend," 1680s, originally university slang for "roommate," from alternative spelling of cham, short for chamber(mate); typical of the late-17c. fondness for clipped words. Among derived forms used 19c. were chumship; chummery "shared bachelor quarters," chummage "system of quartering more than one to a room."
- chum (n.2)
- "fish bait," 1857, perhaps from Scottish chum "food."
Example
- 1. A nonexecutive chairman , after all , is meant to be an independent , not the ceo 's chum .
- 2. 3 / 9 Fishing ...... the pm , with the help of a chum , catches his dinner
- 3. Sadly at magnus 's feet . Crack , crack , bash , and he stuffs it into the chum bag .
- 4. Why can 't a woman be a chum ?
- 5. Two husbands might chum up and slip out for a light ale .