cham / sham [ʃæm]
cham – v. tr. – 1. (Engl. Dial.) chew, bite; n. 1. var. of khan; 2. a dipping sauce containing red chillies and garlic
sham – n. – 1. a person or thing pretending to be what he or she or it is not: imposture, pretense; 2. adj. – pretended, counterfeit; 3. v. intr. – feign, pretend; 4. v. tr. – pretend to be, simulate