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Definitions: Chummy |
ChummyAdjective1. (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals. 2. (used informally) associated on close terms; "a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "chummy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references) |
Synonyms: ChummySynonyms: matey (adj), pally (adj), palsy-walsy (adj), thick(p) (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Chummy |
| English words defined with "chummy": thick. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | I've been chummy with Mars for years -- it doesn't get you anywhere. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Chummy" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 88.24% of the time. "Chummy" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 88.24% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.76% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "chummy": she's very chummy with him. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "chummy": over-chummy. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
chummy | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "chummy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dashamirës (benevolent, benign, benignant, caring, sympathetic, well disposed, well meaning, well wisher, well-minded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ودود (amiable, friendly, genial, warm-hearted), حميم (bosom, close, crony, familiar, friendly, intimate, near, special, warm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | общителен (clubbable, communicable, communicative, conversable, convivial, folksy, genial, gregarious, knowable, maty, mellow, neighborly, neighbourly, sociable, unbuttoned), близък (adjacent, akin, allied to, close, familiar, impendent, kindred, near, neighboring, neighbouring, next, nigh, pally, pressing, prospective, sister, solid, sympathetic, thick, toward), дружески (amicable, friendly, gentle, sociable, social). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kamarádský (amicable, comradely, friendly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | یار (Adjunct, Adjutant, Billy, Buddy, Friend, Helper, Helpmate, Mistress, Pal, Paramour, Partner, Playmate, Sweetheart, Turtledove, Yokefellow), صمیمی (Chum, Cordial, Hailfellow, Heartfelt, Intimate, Near, Privy, Real, Sincere, Unaffected, Warm), خوش مشرب (Genial, Sociable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sociable. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | eng befreundet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συντροφικόσ (companionate, comradely), φιλικόσ (amicable, friendly, kindly, neighborly, neighbourly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pajtáskodó (pally), kis négyüléses autó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | akrab (close, devoted, intimate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | amichevole (affable, amicable, friendly, good-natured, kind, neighborly, neighbourly, sociable, sympathetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | caarjoil (amiable, amicable, familiar, friendliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ummychay comunicativo (absorbing, catching, communicable, communicative, expansive, sociable), sociável (clubbable, companionable, conversable, livable, liveable, manageable, neighborly, neighbourly, sociable), muito amigo, dado (dado, data, datum, die, given, sociable), íntimo (acquainted, confidential, depth, familiar, indwelling, inmost, innermost, internal, intimate, near, offscreen, secret, thorough, warm). (various references) общительный (associative, clubbable, communicable, communicative, companionable, conversable, gregarious, jovial, maty, pally, sociable). (various references) drugarski (comradely, friendly, matey, pally). (various references) muy afable, familiar (chatty, colloquial, dependant, dependent, familiar, family, homely, informal, kin, relation, relative). (various references) vänskaplig (amicable, friendly), kamratlig (friendly, hail-fellow-well-met, Matey, pally). (various references) ที่สนิทสนมกัน. (various references) canciğer (be hand in glove), samimi (candid, childlike, companionable, cordial, devout, earnest, familiar, folksy, forthright, Frank, free, freehearted, friendly, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, intimate, jannock, near, on the square, open armed, openhearted, outspoken, pally, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, truthful, undesigning, unequivocal, warm, whole-hearted), sıkı fıkı (cheek by jowl, close, hail-fellow-well-met, intimate). (various references) компанийський, приязний (affectionate, amicable, lovable). (various references) thân thiết (fast, friendly, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, matey, maty), thân mật (amicable, conversant, cordial, friendly, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, heartily, hearty, intimate, intimately, matey, maty), gần gụi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Chummy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chemmy, chimmey, chmm, Chuma, chumy, chunni, chun-yu, Chunyun, Chymie, cumm, Cummyn, hummm, Kemmy, schtumm. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "chummy" (pronounced khu"mē) |
| 3 | -u" m ē | crummy, dummy, gummy, mummy, rummy, tummy, yummy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-m-m-u-y" | |
-2 letters: chum, much, yuch. | |
-3 letters: cum, hmm, hum, mum, umm, yum. | |
-4 letters: hm, mm, mu, my, uh, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-m-m-u-y" | |
+2 letters: chummily, hummocky. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 68 75 6D 6D 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .... ..- -- -- -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101000 01110101 01101101 01101101 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C h u m m y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0068 0075 006D 006D 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)377487797991 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, Arabish, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Indonesian | indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a | |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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