noun
- close friends or companions
- chopped fish or other bait used to attract fish
Usage: informal
Usage: fishing
verb
- to be friendly with someone; to associate as friends
Usage: informal
Examples
- The two boys have been chums since kindergarten.
- She chums around with the popular kids at school.
- Old college chums gathered for their reunion.
- He chums with his coworkers after hours.
- The fisherman threw chums into the water to attract sharks.
- They’ve been best chums for over twenty years.
- She doesn’t chum with anyone from her old neighborhood anymore.