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chums

/tʃʌmz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A friend; a pal.
  2. A roommate, especially in a college or university.
  3. To share rooms with someone; to live together.
  4. To lodge (somebody) with another person or people.
  5. To make friends; to socialize.
  6. To accompany.
  7. To cast chum into the water to attract fish.
  8. A coarse mould for holding the clay while being worked on a whirler, lathe or manually.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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