chumnoun
uk/tʃʌm/us/tʃʌm/chum noun (FRIEND)
[ C ] old-fashioned informal a friend:
They were old school/college chums.
[ as form of address ] That's all right by me, chum.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
- a friend in need is a friend indeed idiom
- acquaintance
- acquainted
- amigo
- bedmate
- companion
- escort
- friendless
- gang
- girl
- girlfriend
- housemate
- intimate 1
- neighbour
- peer
- pen pal
- penfriend
- playmate
- posse
- roommate
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chum noun (FISH)
[ U ] fish or meat cut into small pieces and thrown from a boat to attract larger fish, for example sharks
[ C ] plural chum also chum salmon a type of large salmon (= a fish whose pink flesh is eaten as food) that lives in the North Pacific
chumverb
uk/tʃʌm/us/tʃʌm/-mm-[ I or T ] to throw chum from a boat to attract larger fish, for example sharks:
The owner of a tourist boat was caught chumming for sharks in waters used by surfers.
Phrasal verb(s)
chum up