See also: Chum, chùm, and chụm 1675–85; of uncertain origin, possibly from cham, shortening of chambermate, or from comrade. Less likely from Welsh cymrawd...
chum salmon Wikipedia From Chinook Jargon tzum (“spotted, marked”) (from Chinook) + English salmon. IPA(key): /tʃʌm ˈsæmən/ chum salmon (plural chum salmons)...
chum + -er chummer (plural chummers) One who fishes by casting chum into the water to attract the fish....
IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʌmɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ʌmɪŋ chumming present participle and gerund of chum chumming (uncountable) (military, aviation, historical) The use of a...
chum up (third-person singular simple present chums up, present participle chumming up, simple past and past participle chummed up) (idiomatic, informal)...
Blend of spectrum + chum, introduced by Your Sinclair magazine. Spec-chum (plural Spec-chums) (slang, UK) A user or fan of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer...
chum + bucket chumbucket (plural chumbuckets) (nautical, slang) A bucket filled with fishing bait at sea. bucket filled with fishing bait chum...
chum + -sicle IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʌmsɪkl̩/ Hyphenation: chum‧sic‧le chumsicle (plural chumsicles) A compact (sometimes frozen) ball of chum for feeding to...
chum + -ship chumship (countable and uncountable, plural chumships) (uncountable) The condition of being chums; friendship. 1959 February 15, Walt Kelly...