as in friend
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
college chums who go way back
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as in to associate
to come or be together as friends
they always chum around together
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Recent Examples of chum
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
That way, when the tuna show up the hooked baits blend in with the free-swimming chum.
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Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Feb. 2026
To make matters worse, in the chumming scenes the water is flat calm — terrible for creating a slick.
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Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
13 Mar. 2025
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Noun
In this entry, the third of the series, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his chums at a children’s finishing school for magicians called Hogwarts must work together to protect Harry from a killer named Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), who intends to kill the young wizard.
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David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
That way, when the tuna show up the hooked baits blend in with the free-swimming chum.
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Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
Observers trace the current fissures to Carlson hosting Fuentes on his podcast in October, chumming it up with the heil Hitler-spouting troll to his millions of followers.
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Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Feb. 2026
To make matters worse, in the chumming scenes the water is flat calm — terrible for creating a slick.
—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chum
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Take a friend and have that person take a cell phone so that person can call 911 for help.
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In that episode, lone wolf Gibbs got a new special friend, an adorable dog.
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Valentine and Suarez did not respond to letters mailed to addresses that appeared to be associated with them.
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sent a letter Tuesday informing Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown of the decision, citing Anthropic’s close coordination and cooperation with government officials to address risks associated with its models.
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How to keep your best buddy safe and calm during the next several days.
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Founder Todd Graves commissioned the mural by his buddy Brody to celebrate his Times Square location’s third anniversary.
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The suspect, an adult male, wore all black and traveled on a scooter.
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For those unable to attend games at Kansas City (Arrowhead) Stadium, the free-to-enter festival offers local and traveling spectators a place to gather during the World Cup.
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Villaraigosa, who led the city from 2005-13 and recently ran for governor, argued that this is not the right time to make even that change.
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Between there, and running upstairs to supervise fittings of his monumentally sculptural work with his stylist Tallulah Harlech, the designer caught a rare moment to sit and talk.
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Russert and Sanders Townsend have bonded over losing their fathers.
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Mohammed and Artigas had bonded out of Miami-Dade’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
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Wall Street was mixed in light trading early Thursday as chip stocks fell further and oil prices dipped near their levels before the Iran war began.
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As the amiable leader of Shinyribs, Russell and his colleagues mix rock, country, Texas blues, New Orleans funk, Memphis soul and more into an enjoyable, good-timey, bar-band blend.
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Actress Mariska Hargitay, who joined Swift courtside at Madison Square Garden during Game 4 of the NBA Finals, appears to have one notable gap in her Broadway schedule.
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Carr may be joining the Lakers at the exact right moment as the team — with the investment and guidance from big brother organization the Dodgers — will expand weight room, treatment and sports science resources in its facility.
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“Chum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chum. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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