Past tense of chum
regular verb
The past tense of chum is chummed. The past participle is also chummed.
Forms of chum
| Base form (V1) | chum /t͡ʃʌm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | chummed /t͡ʃʌmd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | chummed /t͡ʃʌmd/ |
| Present participle | chumming /ˈt͡ʃʌmɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | chums /t͡ʃʌmz/ |
Chummed in a sentence
- A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- Small live baitfish are effective, and they will take bits of fresh cut fish when chummed strongly.1996, Frank Sargeant, The Reef Fishing Book: A Complete Anglers Guide
- I chummed up with a few of my new work colleagues.From the entry chum up
- He said he met a stranger in a saloon last night, and that they chummed up together, and started in to make a night of it.1919, Frank L. Packard, From Now On, Toronto: Copp Clark, Book 3, Chapter 3, p. 163. From the entry chum up
Meaning of chum
- noun A friend; a pal.
- noun A roommate, especially in a college or university.
- verb To share rooms with someone; to live together.
Questions about the past tense of chum
- What is the past tense of chum?
- The past tense of chum is chummed.
- What is the past participle of chum?
- The past participle of chum is chummed.
- Is chum a regular or irregular verb?
- Chum is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chum (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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