Chum
noun
A close friend.
Sally and I have been chums since childhood.
Often appears as...
- childhood chum
- old chum
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To become friends with someone.
They chummed around together in high school.
Often appears as...
- chum around
- chum together
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
Fish or other seafood used as bait.
He threw chum into the water to attract the sharks.
Often appears as...
- bucket of chum
- throw chum
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To throw pieces of fish into the water as bait.
We chummed the water to attract more fish.
Often appears as...
- chum the waters
- chum for sharks
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A close friend.
Sally and I have been chums since childhood.
Often appears as...
- childhood chum
- old chum
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To become friends with someone.
They chummed around together in high school.
Often appears as...
- chum around
- chum together
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
Fish or other seafood used as bait.
He threw chum into the water to attract the sharks.
Often appears as...
- bucket of chum
- throw chum
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To throw pieces of fish into the water as bait.
We chummed the water to attract more fish.
Often appears as...
- chum the waters
- chum for sharks
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
'Chum' is casual and best used among friends, not in professional settings.
I'm catching up with my chum after work.
Pro Tip 2/3British Origin
'Chum' is more common in British English and can seem old-fashioned or endearing in American English.
My chum at university recommended this book.
Pro Tip 3/3Age Neutral
'Chum' can denote friendship in any age group, from children to the elderly.
Our grandpas are old chums who love chess.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
'Chum' is casual and best used among friends, not in professional settings.
I'm catching up with my chum after work.
Pro Tip 2/3British Origin
'Chum' is more common in British English and can seem old-fashioned or endearing in American English.
My chum at university recommended this book.
Pro Tip 3/3Age Neutral
'Chum' can denote friendship in any age group, from children to the elderly.
Our grandpas are old chums who love chess.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
'Chum' is casual and best used among friends, not in professional settings.
I'm catching up with my chum after work.
Pro Tip 2/3British Origin
'Chum' is more common in British English and can seem old-fashioned or endearing in American English.
My chum at university recommended this book.
Pro Tip 3/3Age Neutral
'Chum' can denote friendship in any age group, from children to the elderly.
Our grandpas are old chums who love chess.
Never forget "Chum"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
Reel Talk Ep. 6 - Tuna...
you're gonna pay your dues we've all paid dues like the cases hundreds of thousands of dollars I'm gonna do better than others sooner you know just for someone to get a boat and think it's easy to go out and catch a blue fin tuna they're going to be in for a rude awakening it's not as easy as just going out anchoring up chum and putting
Video examples
Rats Save Humans From...
Our animals which we're using, they're almost blind, or they don't see much for they're night animals, so they're completely depending on the sense of smell and hearing. So...and if you look at them, they're sniffing all the time. As with the TB training, Mandy and chums have spent several months in laboratories,
Video examples
DEEPSEA CHALLENGE 3D...
going to do things that the governments of the world cannot now do we're gonna do something nobody else can do when you talk to the bottom of the ocean you have to face the fact that there are 100 horrible ways to die in the event that there is a break in a hatch the water will bust through and I get chummed into
Video examples
Deep Sea Shark Stakeout...
the biggest deep-sea shark out there. And they already have some fish down there and a tube filled with chum. And we're just playing the waiting game, hoping for these sharks to show up. We've already seen two of them. And we're hoping that another one shows up. And yeah, are you excited?
Video examples
How (and why) Russia...
and harder for the target audience -- that includes the media -- to decipher and characterize. If you can get a hashtag trending on Twitter, or chum the waters with fake news directed to audiences primed to receive it, or drive journalists to dissect terabytes of email
Video examples
The most groundbreaking...
son of a goldsmith, he was a sickly kid whose school chums died of plague. He survived to cut up corpses as an anatomist, studying organs shared across species. He found a duct in animal skulls that sends saliva to the mouth. He refuted Descartes' idea
Video examples
Western Australia's...
The way cage diving operations work is that boats use chum to try and attract sharks to the area. People then get into cages, which are submerged in the water, to get much, much closer to very dangerous sharks than they would otherwise be able to.
Video examples
"First Kiss" by Tim...
packed with canaries driven by a toucan—I swear those lips said bright wings when we kissed, wild and precise—as if she were teaching a seahorse to speak— her mouth so careful, chumming the first vowel from my throat
Video examples
Why Sharks Attack Cage...
Another clue. GREG The shark goes to the back of the cages, and there you go. Right there. There's a bait box behind the cage, and the shark is checking out the bait box. This highlighted bait box is full of chum.
Video examples
Tagging Tiger Sharks PIPE...
yeah we're just gonna keep chumming i think and tee it up
Video examples
Reel Talk Ep. 6 - Tuna...
you're gonna pay your dues we've all paid dues like the cases hundreds of thousands of dollars I'm gonna do better than others sooner you know just for someone to get a boat and think it's easy to go out and catch a blue fin tuna they're going to be in for a rude awakening it's not as easy as just going out anchoring up chum and putting
Video examples
Rats Save Humans From...
Our animals which we're using, they're almost blind, or they don't see much for they're night animals, so they're completely depending on the sense of smell and hearing. So...and if you look at them, they're sniffing all the time. As with the TB training, Mandy and chums have spent several months in laboratories,
Video examples
DEEPSEA CHALLENGE 3D...
going to do things that the governments of the world cannot now do we're gonna do something nobody else can do when you talk to the bottom of the ocean you have to face the fact that there are 100 horrible ways to die in the event that there is a break in a hatch the water will bust through and I get chummed into
Video examples
Deep Sea Shark Stakeout...
the biggest deep-sea shark out there. And they already have some fish down there and a tube filled with chum. And we're just playing the waiting game, hoping for these sharks to show up. We've already seen two of them. And we're hoping that another one shows up. And yeah, are you excited?
Video examples
How (and why) Russia...
and harder for the target audience -- that includes the media -- to decipher and characterize. If you can get a hashtag trending on Twitter, or chum the waters with fake news directed to audiences primed to receive it, or drive journalists to dissect terabytes of email
Video examples
The most groundbreaking...
son of a goldsmith, he was a sickly kid whose school chums died of plague. He survived to cut up corpses as an anatomist, studying organs shared across species. He found a duct in animal skulls that sends saliva to the mouth. He refuted Descartes' idea
Video examples
Western Australia's...
The way cage diving operations work is that boats use chum to try and attract sharks to the area. People then get into cages, which are submerged in the water, to get much, much closer to very dangerous sharks than they would otherwise be able to.
Video examples
"First Kiss" by Tim...
packed with canaries driven by a toucan—I swear those lips said bright wings when we kissed, wild and precise—as if she were teaching a seahorse to speak— her mouth so careful, chumming the first vowel from my throat
Video examples
Why Sharks Attack Cage...
Another clue. GREG The shark goes to the back of the cages, and there you go. Right there. There's a bait box behind the cage, and the shark is checking out the bait box. This highlighted bait box is full of chum.
Video examples
Tagging Tiger Sharks PIPE...
yeah we're just gonna keep chumming i think and tee it up
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Zak Bagans
American Author
I believe if you believe in something or, let's take for instance you go into a demonic location and you have a lot of fear: that fear within your body, within your mind, is like chum in water attracting a shark. They feed off our emotions. These demons also will influence and inflict malice into a living person because that's how they feed.
Quote examples
Rob Thomas
American Producer
I still don't think I've ever read a Nancy Drew book; I probably read three or four 'Hardy Boys' books when I was 10, 11, 12, and I didn't love them at the time. Even then, they felt dated to me, like the word chum - 'my chum and I.' However, the 'Encyclopedia Brown' books, I read all of them.
Quote examples
Jamie Johnson
American Director
In affluent communities, where each member is keenly aware of his or her place within the Byzantine order, attracting the right friends is a blood sport. Chumming up to influential figures who are in a position to help can determine the course of an entire life.
Quote examples
A. E. van Vogt
Canadian Author
Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.
Quote examples
Mike Huckabee
American Politician
I treat my wife very differently than I treat my chums and my pals. I wouldn't worry about calling them on Valentine's Day, opening the door for them, or making sure they were OK.
Quote examples
Norman Wisdom
English Comedian
I used to first go on to entertain an audience. But now I go, and this is really true - I go on to have fun with a crowd of my chums.
Quote examples
Raveena Tandon
Indian Actress
The fact is many of these guys whom I was supposed to be seeing are my buddies. I've always been the bum chum kinda girl.
Quote examples
Peter O'Toole
Irish Actor
I loved doing My Favorite Year, which was great fun, and The Ruling Class, which I made with all my chums.
Quote examples
Johnny Miller
American Athlete
Guys who chum it up are just OK. Guys who are great players are loners.
Quote examples
Donovan
Scottish Musician
The Faces are my old chums. We used to hang out.
Quote examples
Zak Bagans
American Author
I believe if you believe in something or, let's take for instance you go into a demonic location and you have a lot of fear: that fear within your body, within your mind, is like chum in water attracting a shark. They feed off our emotions. These demons also will influence and inflict malice into a living person because that's how they feed.
Quote examples
Rob Thomas
American Producer
I still don't think I've ever read a Nancy Drew book; I probably read three or four 'Hardy Boys' books when I was 10, 11, 12, and I didn't love them at the time. Even then, they felt dated to me, like the word chum - 'my chum and I.' However, the 'Encyclopedia Brown' books, I read all of them.
Quote examples
Jamie Johnson
American Director
In affluent communities, where each member is keenly aware of his or her place within the Byzantine order, attracting the right friends is a blood sport. Chumming up to influential figures who are in a position to help can determine the course of an entire life.
Quote examples
A. E. van Vogt
Canadian Author
Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.
Quote examples
Mike Huckabee
American Politician
I treat my wife very differently than I treat my chums and my pals. I wouldn't worry about calling them on Valentine's Day, opening the door for them, or making sure they were OK.
Quote examples
Norman Wisdom
English Comedian
I used to first go on to entertain an audience. But now I go, and this is really true - I go on to have fun with a crowd of my chums.
Quote examples
Raveena Tandon
Indian Actress
The fact is many of these guys whom I was supposed to be seeing are my buddies. I've always been the bum chum kinda girl.
Quote examples
Peter O'Toole
Irish Actor
I loved doing My Favorite Year, which was great fun, and The Ruling Class, which I made with all my chums.
Quote examples
Johnny Miller
American Athlete
Guys who chum it up are just OK. Guys who are great players are loners.
Quote examples
Donovan
Scottish Musician
The Faces are my old chums. We used to hang out.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension