chummy
pronunciation
How to pronounce chummy in British English:
UK [ˈtʃʌmi]
How to pronounce chummy in American English:
US ['tʃʌmɪ]
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- Adjective:
- (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
- (used informally) associated on close terms
Word Origin
- chummy (adj.)
- 1874, from chum (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Chumminess. Previously it was a noun, a common name for a chimney sweep, as a corruption of chinmey.
Example
- 1. They 're very chummy with their neighbours .
- 2. Distant russian relative gets close and chummy .
- 3. That reason which we are chummy .
- 4. Mr kleinfeld 's main problem was his lack of allies in germany 's chummy corporate elite .
- 5. He has become chummy with the imf , but the official inflation figures still lack credibility .