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chums

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for chums.

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OP took that information and extrapolated it to Opera suing Mozilla because they are chums with Google now.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Synonym of chum salmon.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of chums gathered in one view.

noun

Synonym of chum salmon.

noun

A temporary dwelling used by the nomadic Uralic reindeer herders of northwestern Siberia.

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for chums.

noun

Synonym of chum salmon.

noun

A temporary dwelling used by the nomadic Uralic reindeer herders of northwestern Siberia.

noun

A surname.

noun

(dated) A friend; a pal.

Example sentences

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OP took that information and extrapolated it to Opera suing Mozilla because they are chums with Google now.

2

At that point the national Republican machine noticed what a hash of things their chums in Missouri had made.

3

They not only went to the right school but they are school chums with the CEO of the company you're working for!

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Surely not the black bloc types and their various dog-on-a-string, squat-dwelling, convoy-travelling chums?

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Great for me on OSX but not for my chums on Windows.

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Elon took an axe to Twitter and his chums saw that it chugged along well enough so Google, Amazon and friends did the same.

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As the article says, he and his chums have palaces too.

8

If I want to reach my high school chums, why the heck do I need some other party to help me do that?

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I think at least a couple of years ago, 16 US states had banned community internet at the behest of Comcast and chums.

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Remember that in most instances, people online that you're speaking with are conversing at about the same level as a group of chums in a circle, at a pub.

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I was delighted by the variety of experiences and interests of my new university chums, after four years of high school and its stultifying homogeneity.

12

Afghanistan and Iraq were anomalous in terms of the kind of war (or rather, the kind of post-war) the most warlike nations (USA, UK and chums) expect to fight nowadays.

Quote examples

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Basically means income from patented "inventions" is tax free, which means that Monsanto and chums will only get richer, and the market less competitive.

2

A friend just sent me this: "china can't compete because all their aerospace students are spies (joke from my chums in the physics department)"

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If the film began by appearing to be about Freeman and chums, but gradually was revealed to actually be about G-Man as a "chess Grandmaster" style behind-the-scenes puppet-master, they could get a lot out of that.

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"oh I screwed you mommy over again and again, no worries, no foul, now we are chums, lets be all buddy buddy and sing Kumbaya in a circle" doesnt work all that well in practice and neither should it.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use chums in a sentence?

OP took that information and extrapolated it to Opera suing Mozilla because they are chums with Google now.

What does chums mean?

Synonym of chum salmon.

What part of speech is chums?

chums is commonly used as noun.