Definizione monolingua

chum

chum (third-person singular simple present chums, present participle chumming, simple past and past participle chummed)

1. To share rooms with; to live together.
   • 1899 Clyde Bowman Furst, A Group of Old Authors [2]

     Henry Wotton and John Donne began to be friends when, as boys, they chummed together at Oxford, where Donne had gone at the age of twelve years.

2. To make friends with; to socialize.
   • 1902 Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness [3]

     ""I was not surprised to see somebody sitting aft, on the deck, with his legs dangling over the mud. You see I rather chummed with the few mechanics there were in that station, whom the other pilgrims naturally despised -- on account of their imperfect manners, I suppose. This was the foreman -- a boiler-maker by trade -- a good worker...

   • 1902 Ernest William Hornung, The Amateur Cracksman [4]

     ""Youll make yourself disliked on board!""

     ""By von Heumann merely.""

     ""But is that wise when hes the man weve got to diddle?""

     ""The wisest thing I ever did. To have chummed up with him would have been fatal -- the common dodge.""

3. (Scotland, informal) To accompany.

   Ill chum you down to the shops.

chum (plural chums)

1. A friend; a pal.

   I ran into an old chum from school the other day.

2. A roommate.
   • 1856 in The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine [1]

     Field had a chum, or room-mate, whose visage was suggestive to the Sophs; it invited experiment; it held out opportunity for their peculiar deviltry.

chum

1. Alternative form of chun.

Definizione dizionario chum

compagno

fare amicizia con qualcuno

Altri significati:

(fishing) To cast chum into the water to attract fish.

Close friend.

To share rooms with; to live together.

bosom (old, intimate) friend

A roommate.

To make friends with; to socialize.

(fishing) A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water to attract predator fish, such as sharks.

A friend; a pal.

(Scottish, informal) To accompany.