rum

rum ¹  (rm)

n.

1. An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented molasses or sugar cane.

2. Intoxicating beverages.

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[Probably short for obsolete rumbullion.]

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rum ²  (rm)

adj. rum·mer, rum·mest Chiefly British

1. Odd; strange.

2. Presenting danger or difficulty.

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[Origin unknown.]

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rum ¹

Noun

alcoholic drink made from sugar cane [origin unknown]

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rum ²

Adjective

[rummer, rummest] Brit slang strange or unusual [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rum - liquor distilled from fermented molasses booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented grog - rum cut with water demerara rum, demerara - dark rum from Guyana Jamaica rum - heavy pungent rum from Jamaica daiquiri, rum cocktail - a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice swizzle - any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice hot toddy, toddy - a mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot Tom and Jerry - hot rum toddy with a beaten egg zombi, zombie - several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur planter's punch - a cocktail made of rum and lime or lemon juice with sugar and sometimes bitters
	2.	rum - a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards rummy card game, cards - a game played with playing cards gin rummy, knock rummy, gin - a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points basket rummy, canasta, meld - a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
Adj.	1.	rum - 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" peculiar, queer, rummy, curious, funny, singular, odd strange, unusual - being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"

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rum

adjective Brit. (slang) strange, odd, suspect, funny, unusual, curious, weird, suspicious, peculiar, dodgy Brit., Austral., N.Z. (informal) queer, singular, shonky Austral., N.Z. (informal)

Translations

rum [rʌm] n → ron m

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rum [rʌm] n → rhum m

adj (Brit) (inf) → bizarre

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rum [rʌm] n → Rum m

adj (Brit) (inf) (peculiar) → komisch

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rum [rʌm] n → rum m

adj (BRIT ) (col) → strano/a

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rum

n rum [ram]

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