chum

About 0.57 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A friend; a pal.
2. noun A roommate, especially in a college or university.
3. verb To share rooms with someone; to live together.
4. verb To lodge (somebody) with another person or people.
5. verb To make friends; to socialize.
6. verb To accompany.

   I'll chum you down to the shops.

7. noun A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water as groundbait to attract predator fish, such as sharks.
8. verb To cast chum into the water to attract fish.

Similar words

buddy crony brother sidekick pal friend fella comrade dude bro

Often followed by

salmon of and in was to with who is

Word family

chummed chumming chums chumship chumships