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chum

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) chum (noun)
  2. 2) chum (verb)
  3. 3) chum (noun)
  4. 4) chum (verb)
  5. 5) chum (noun)
  6. chum salmon (noun)
  7. new chum (noun)

1chum

noun \ˈchəm\

Definition of CHUM

: a close friend : pal
— chum·ship \-ˌship\ noun

Origin of CHUM

perhaps by shortening & alteration from chamber fellow roommate
First Known Use: 1684

Rhymes with CHUM

bum, come, crumb, cum, drum, dumb, from, glum, gum, hum, lum, mum, numb, plum, plumb, rum, scrum, scum, slum, some, strum, sum, them, thrum, thumb

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