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Plural of chum

regular plural

The plural of chum is chums.

Forms of chum

Singularchum /t͡ʃʌm/
Pluralchums /t͡ʃʌmz/
Countablecountable

Chums in a sentence

  • "I finished early at college so I thought I'd see if I could spot you amongst all your little schoolgirly chums.2002, Jacqueline Wilson, Girls in Love, page 51. From the entry schoolgirly
  • Some of Monica's chums are terrific pieces of homework.1994, Jonathan Meades, Pompey: A Novel, Unbound, published 2013, →ISBN. From the entry piece of homework
  • He no doubt cherishes the manly bonhomie of his chums, and romanticizes this kind of male bonding as eminently preferable to an afternoon with Hillary.1999 November 5, HOGARTH, “Is Bill Clinton Gay? If Not, Why Not?”, in alt.showbiz.gossip (Usenet). From the entry rump-ranging
  • Children’s cartoon in which Baron Von Frankenstein makes a “ghoulfriend” for his monster creation and invites all the couple's odd chums to their wedding.1985, David Alridge, editor, The Video Yearbook, volume 2, page 24. From the entry ghoulfriend
  • As a railwayman put it to me: "When I saw chums of mine took their families down there by car, I could see the writing on the wall.2022 February 23, Benedict le Vay, “Part of rail's past... present... and future”, in RAIL, number 951, pages 53–54. From the entry writing on the wall

Meaning of chum

  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.

Full definition of chum

Questions about the plural of chum

What is the plural of chum?
The plural of chum is chums.
Is chum countable?
Chum is a countable noun.

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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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