CHUM

I. noun Etymology: perhaps by shortening & alteration from chamber fellow roommate Date: 1684 a close friend ; pal , ~ship noun II. intransitive verb (~med; ~ming) Date: 1730 to room together, 2. to be a close friend, to show affable friendliness, III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1857 animal or vegetable matter (as chopped fish or corn) thrown overboard to attract fish, IV. verb (~med; ~ming) Date: 1857 transitive verb to attract with ~, intransitive verb to throw ~ overboard to attract fish, V. noun Etymology: Chinook Jargon cəm spotted, striped, from Lower Chinook c̓ə́m variegated Date: 1902 ~ salmon