chum

Meanings

Plural: chums

Noun

• a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish
• a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish
• A friend; a pal.
• A roommate, especially in a college or university.
• A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water as groundbait to attract predator fish, such as sharks.
• A coarse mould for holding the clay while being worked on a whirler, lathe or manually.
• Synonym of chum salmon.
• A temporary dwelling used by the nomadic Uralic reindeer herders of northwestern Siberia.

Verb

• To share rooms with someone; to live together.
• To lodge (somebody) with another person or people.
• To make friends; to socialize.
• To accompany.
• To cast chum into the water to attract fish.

Synonyms

babber, billy, bredrin, brother, bruv, bud, buddo, buddy, butty, chaver, china, chuck, chum, chum salmon, chum up, cobber, cock, cocker, compadre, companion, comrade, cove, crony, dawg, duck, dude, fam, fettler, friend, geez, geezer, gink, good old boy, homeskillet, homie, kith, lover, marrow, mate, matey, mucker, old bean, Oncorhynchus keta, pal, pardner, peeps, shag, sidekick, sport, surry, tovarish, wantok