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Chum

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1884, OED Evaluation: N/A

To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).

ExampleMeaning
We all chummed together, all worked in the same place.
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).
ExampleMeaning
Maybe, they- they had chummed together all their lives
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).
ExampleMeaning
Walker and Era and I- the four of us used to chum together all the time.
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).
ExampleMeaning
My dad used to go and pick his dad up and they'd go to dances before I ever knew who they were. They chummed together.
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).
ExampleMeaning
Oh, just these girls had just chummed together and didn't bother or didn't like anybody-
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).
ExampleMeaning
Yeah, so- ah ah he was- he didn't use to ah, he wasn't enthusiastic about hockey until I started playing peewee and bantam and then he kind of- he would chum with the other fathers and they were kind of get-- interested in it.
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).
ExampleMeaning
He had two boys that were just about the same age as I was so we all chummed back and forth so I probably knew him better than- than any of them because I used to go to their place and chum with them- back and forth with the boys eh?
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).
ExampleMeaning
as I say, there was four years difference between us so he- he tended to chum with his friends and I tended to chum with mine.
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).
ExampleMeaning
Annabelle chums around with one of the Darcy girls and she said, "Oh such a nice house, grandma."
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).
Until we started to high-school but then in high-school, you-know, I had some friends that went to Saint-Mary's school and so on but we all, the whole group of us, you-know, some the country boys and town girls we all chummed around and yeah, so-
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).
ExampleMeaning
So they sort of chummed a bit together.
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).
ExampleMeaning
I started chumming around with his sister 'cause she was one grade lower than me, but being not too far away, we met at different, I think, functions and-so-forth so I start chumming around with his sister and then that got me going with him then (laughs).
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).
ExampleMeaning
I know that Keith-Blaine I know him real well, I o-- I chummed with his wife.
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).