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How to pronounce chum in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms brother, buddy, crony, pal, sidekick
Type of friend
Has types cobber
Derivation chummy
Type Words
Synonyms chum salmon, oncorhynchus keta
Type of salmon
Type Words
Type of lure, decoy, bait

Examples of chum

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There have been reports of a few chum being caught below the Mounts Road bridge.
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Before that, anglers were catching a mix of chum, a few coho and some steelhead.
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I'm looking for her chum Dorothy, on an inverted quest down a yellow brick road.
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The acquaintance left after dinner and the chum and the ladies pointedly stayed.
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A weak chum salmon run has left British Columbian eagles struggling for survival.
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On Saturday, 27 anglers were checked by the state, and they had just four chum.
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The Skokomish and Green rivers have been producing good catches of chum salmon.
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South Sound creeks such as Kennedy and Perry have seen the chum return as well.
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A few brave souls have tried their luck, and have caught some bright chum salmon.
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More examples
  • Buddy: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
  • Bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish
  • Chum salmon: a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish
  • CHUM, known as CP24 Radio 1050, broadcasting at 1050 kHz in the AM band, is a Canadian radio station licensed to Toronto, Ontario. The station is owned and operated by CTVglobemedia. Long known as 1050 CHUM, the station played Top 40 hits from the late 1950s to early 1980s. ...
  • A chum (pronounced "choom") is a temporary dwelling used by the nomadic Yamal-Nenets and Khanty reindeer herders of northwestern Siberia of Russia. ...
  • (Chums (paper)) Chums was a boys' weekly newspaper started in 1892 that was the official paper of the British Boy Scouts and British Boys' Naval Brigade (National Naval Cadets). The publisher also gathered the weekly paper into monthly and annual editions.
  • A friend; a pal; A roommate; To share rooms with; to live together; To make friends with; to socialize; To accompany
  • (CHUMS) Computerized Home Underwriting Management System
  • To throw chum (typically cut up pieces of bait fish or other bait) overboard to attract fish. A chum line is the trail of bait or scent in the water that attracts game fish.