Sekirov Dictionary

chummy

/ˈt͡ʃʌ.mɪ/

adjective 6
noun 5
forms 5

adjective6

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(informal) Friendly
- Yeah, I was just being nice! I was being nice and chummy! — 2001
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(informal) On intimate terms
- From what Brandon tells me, Andrea is getting pretty chummy with her dorm advisor! — 1993
(informal) In a close friendship or relationship.
(informal) Naturally and genuinely easy to get along with.
(informal) Making a show of friendliness; attempting to be on intimate terms but insincerely or inappropriately; cozying up.
(informal) On intimate terms but in an inappropriate way, for dishonest or selfish motives, etc.

noun5

(Newfoundland) A person or thing with a name that one cannot immediately recall.
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Synonym of chum (“friend, pal”).
- Sonny's knotted, distrustful face relaxed all at once. "You're goddamned right about that, chummy!" he exclaimed. — 1991
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(slang) 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'? — 2002
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(old-fashioned) A felt hat with a low crown.
- When Nipper was bowling he came in to the silliest of silly points, put his chummy hat well over his eyes, spat on his hands and generally annoyed the batsman so much that he lost his temper, […] — 1933
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(no longer used) A chimney sweep; or a sweep's assistant, especially a young boy.
- Up in the Coombe with chummies and streetwalkers and then the rest of the year as sober as a judge. — 1922

forms

chummies · chummier · more chummy · chummiest · most chummy

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