chum up

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be friendly toward (with or to) someone, especially in an ingratiating way; to form a friendship (with). idiomatic,informal
    — I chummed up with a few of my new work colleagues.
  2. To initiate (a new prisoner) through a ritual involving beating him with sticks and swords, accompanied by music, to extort money from him. UK,obsolete,slang,transitive
    — They have a practice of “chumming up” a new fellow-prisoner—beating him with old swords and staves kept in the prison for the purpose, to exact a fee of a half-crown.
  3. To apply chum to water as bait.
  4. To render a situation frenzied and confusing. broadly

词形变化

chums up present,singular,third-person chumming up participle,present chummed up participle,past chummed up past
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