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Chummy

//ˈt͡ʃʌ.mɪ//

Definitions

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Friendly
Yeah, I was just being nice! I was being nice and chummy!
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On intimate terms
Lachey and Olson have become rather chummy the last couple of years—they slide each other free tickets, they visit each other at practice sessions and games, their wives hang out—and, well, Olson has been filling Lachey’s head with a lot of baseball talk.
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Synonym of chum (“friend, pal”).
Meanwhile the Tommies had discovered several large tins of ham in the captured lorry. 'That,' said the big Nazi, 'is for our tea.' 'No,' said a Tommy sergeant-major. 'That's for our tea. For you, chummy, we've kept a nice bit of bull.'
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chum

Word Origin

From chum + -y.

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//ˈt͡ʃʌ.mɪ//

1
Friendly
Yeah, I was just being nice! I was being nice and chummy!
2
Friendly:
Similar
affable amiable approachable
Opposite
3
On intimate terms
Lachey and Olson have become rather chummy the last couple of years—they slide each other free tickets, they visit each other at practice sessions and games, their wives hang out—and, well, Olson has been filling Lachey’s head with a lot of baseball talk.
Similar
tight

1
Synonym of chum (“friend, pal”).
Meanwhile the Tommies had discovered several large tins of ham in the captured lorry. 'That,' said the big Nazi, 'is for our tea.' 'No,' said a Tommy sergeant-major. 'That's for our tea. For you, chummy, we've kept a nice bit of bull.'
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chum

Word Origin

From chum + -y.

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2

A boy who works for a chimney sweep.

3

Nickname for a person, especially a suspect or criminal.

What happens when the Old Bill turns up and want to look at 'chummies^([sic]) dental records, guv, 'cos 'e's bitten a bloke's ear off in the pub'?