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Meaning of RUMMY

Pronunciation:  'rumee

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
  2. [n]  a chronic drinker
  3. [adj]  beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
 
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 Synonyms: curious, drunk, drunkard, funny, inebriate, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rum, singular, sot, strange, unusual
 
 See Also: alcoholic, basket rummy, boozer, canasta, card game, cards, dipsomaniac, drinker, gin, gin rummy, imbiber, juicer, knock rummy, lush, meld, soaker, souse, toper

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Rum"my\, a.
    Of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy
    flavor.
    
  2. \Rum"my\, n.; pl. {Rummies}.
    One who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person. [Low]
    
  3. \Rum"my\, a. [See {Rum}, a.]
    Strange; odd. [Slang]
    
 
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