Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dumb chum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: dum-b- chum
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pet (animal companion).

Informal

Etymology

From dumb (“incapable of speech”) + chum (“friend, pal”). A rhyming alteration of earlier dumb friend.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

dumb chums (plural)

Questions

What does dumb chum mean?: A pet (animal companion).
Where does dumb chum come from?: From dumb (“incapable of speech”) + chum (“friend, pal”). A rhyming alteration of earlier dumb friend.

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