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Definitions for Chum

[1] a close or intimate companion: boyhood chums.
[2] a roommate, as at college.
[3] to associate closely.
[4] to share a room or rooms with another, especially in a dormitory at a college or prep school.
[5] cut or ground bait dumped into the water to attract fish to the area where one is fishing.
[6] fish refuse or scraps discarded by a cannery.
[7] to fish by attracting fish by dumping cut or ground bait into the water.
[8] to dump chum into (a body of water) so as to attract fish.
[9] to lure (fish) with chum: They chummed the fish with hamburger.
[10] chum salmon.
[11] informal a close friend
[12] (intr usually foll by up with ) to be or become an intimate friend (of)
[13] (tr) Scot to accompany I'll chum you home
[14] angling , mainly US and Canadian chopped fish, meal, etc, used as groundbait
[15] a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus keta

Words related to Chum

crony, comrade, buddy, playmate, associate, pal, mate, companion, sis, bro, co-mate

Words nearby Chum

chula vista, chuleta, chulo, chulpa, chulym, chum, chum salmon, chuman, chumash, chummy, chump

Origin of Chum

2An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; of uncertain origin

Word origin for Chum

from Chinook Jargon tsum spots, marks, from Chinook

Synonyms for Chum

buddy, comrade, crony, playmate, associate, companion, mate, pal, sis, bro, co-mate