chum
/tʃʌm/
verb
- To be friendly or spend time together in a casual way.
- We used to chum with the neighbors during the summer holidays.
- The two coworkers chum it up during lunch breaks.
- They chum around together after school every day.
- To scatter chum (bait) into the water to attract fish.
- They chummed heavily to bring the marlin to the surface.
- You need to chum slowly so the fish follow the trail.
- The captain told us to chum the water near the reef.
noun
- A close friend.
- My childhood chum and I still get together every summer.
- He invited his old college chum to stay for the weekend.
- She's been my best chum since we were in kindergarten.
- Chopped fish or other bait scattered on the water to attract fish.
- Chum is often made from ground-up fish parts and blood.
- The fishermen threw chum overboard to lure the sharks closer.
- We used a bucket of chum to attract tuna to the boat.