CHUM

PRONUNCIATION: (chuhm)

A.
MEANING: noun: 1. A close friend.
2. A roommate.
verb intr.: 1. To be a close friend or to be friendly.
2. To share a room, especially in a dormitory at a school or college.

ETYMOLOGY: Originally university slang, probably from chamber fellow or chamber mate. Earliest documented use: 1684.

B.
MEANING: noun: Matter, especially fish parts, dumped into the water to attract fish.
verb intr.: To throw fish parts into the water.

ETYMOLOGY:
Of uncertain origin, perhaps from chum salmon. Earliest documented use: 1857.

C.
MEANING:
noun: Chum salmon, a fish of the northern Pacific Ocean.

ETYMOLOGY:
Probably from Chinook Jargon tzum (spotted, striped). Earliest documented use: 1908.
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CHURM - a Teutonic pathogen

CHUR - the noise made by a cicada by rubbing its foot over its wing rapidly

CO-HUM - two people yawning at the same time