To attract sharks, scientists prepare a special bloody bait concoction known as "chum".
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Chum
//t͡ʃʌm//
Synonyms for "chum" (145 found)
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46 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- прия́тел noun (a friend; a pal)
- съквартира́нт noun (a roommate)
Catalan
2 entries- camarada noun (a friend; a pal)
- company noun (a friend; a pal)
Czech
1 entries- kámoš noun (a friend; a pal)
Danish
1 entries- slof noun (a roommate)
Eastern Khanty
1 entries- њуки ӄот noun (housing)
German
3 entries- Freund noun (a friend; a pal)
- Kumpel noun (a friend; a pal)
- Mitbewohner noun (a roommate)
Greek
1 entries- μαλάγρα noun (fishy groundbait)
Hungarian
4 entries- barát noun (a friend; a pal)
- cimbora noun (a friend; a pal)
- haver noun (a friend; a pal)
- koma noun (a friend; a pal)
Ido
1 entries- kunvivanto noun (a roommate)
Italian
3 entries- amico noun (a friend; a pal)
- compagno di stanza noun (a roommate)
- vicino di stanza noun (a roommate)
Japanese
1 entries- 撒き餌 noun (fishy groundbait)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- чум noun (housing)
Macedonian
3 entries- ба́тка noun (a friend; a pal)
- при́јател noun (a friend; a pal)
- ци́мер noun (a roommate)
Nganasan
1 entries- маˮ noun (housing)
Northern Khanty
1 entries- њўки хот noun (housing)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schlockat noun (a friend; a pal)
Polish
4 entries- chum noun (fishy groundbait)
- czum noun (housing)
- kumpel noun (a friend; a pal)
- kumpela noun (a friend; a pal)
Russian
4 entries- прия́тель noun (a friend; a pal)
- сожитель noun (a roommate)
- това́рищ m по комнате noun (a roommate)
- чум noun (housing)
Spanish
4 entries- amigo noun (a friend; a pal)
- amigote noun (a friend; a pal)
- amiguete noun (a friend; a pal)
- camarada noun (a friend; a pal)
Udmurt
1 entries- чум noun (housing)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
If you keep pestering me, I'll send you overboard to chum the water with your useless guts!
Source: tatoeba (4603789)
Calling someone a chum simply shows your overestimation of your place in the social hierarchy.
Source: tatoeba (10522448)
He looked down upon the girl beside him—a daughter of the desert walking across the face of a dead world with a son of the jungle. He smiled at the thought. He wished that he had had a sister, and that she had been like this girl. What a bully chum she would have been!
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