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Chums

/tʃʌmz/

A friend; a pal.

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📖 Definitions of "Chums"

noun

1
A friend; a pal.
"I ran into an old chum from school the other day."
2
A roommate, especially in a college or university.

verb

1
To share rooms with someone; to live together.
2
To lodge (somebody) with another person or people.
3
To make friends; to socialize.
4
To accompany.
"I'll chum you down to the shops."

verb

1
To cast chum into the water to attract fish.

noun

1
A coarse mould for holding the clay while being worked on a whirler, lathe or manually.

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