Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - chum
Chum
chum
1. n. & v. --n. colloq. (esp. among schoolchildren) a close friend. --v.intr. (often foll. by with) share rooms. Phrases and idioms chum up (often foll. by with) become a close friend (of). Derivatives chummy adj. (chummier, chummiest). chummily adv. chumminess n. Etymology: 17th c.: prob. short for chamber-fellow 2. n. & v. US --n. 1 refuse from fish. 2 chopped fish used as bait. --v. 1 intr. fish using chum. 2 tr. bait (a fishing place) using chum. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn.
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I. noun Etymology: perhaps by shortening & alteration from chamber fellow roommate Date: 1684 a close friend ; pal, ~ship noun II. intransitive verb (~med; ~ming) Date: 1730 to room together, 2. to be a close friend, to show affable friendliness, III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1857 animal or vegetable matter (as chopped fish or corn) thrown overboard to attract fish, IV. verb (~med; ~ming) Date: 1857 transitive verb to attract with ~, intransitive verb to throw ~ overboard to attract fish, V. noun Etymology: Chinook Jargon cəm spotted, striped, from Lower Chinook c̓ə́m variegated Date: 1902 ~ salmon ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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