rum·my 1 (r m  )n. A card game, played in many variations, in which the object is to obtain sets of three or more cards of the same rank or suit. [Origin unknown.] |
| rum·my 2 (rm) n. pl. rum·mies Slang A drunkard. |
| rum·my 3 (rm) adj. rum·mi·er, rum·mi·est Chiefly British Odd, strange, or dangerous; rum. |
rummy1, rum
n
(Group Games / Card Games) a card game based on collecting sets and sequences
[perhaps from rum2]
rummy2
adj
another word for rum2
rummy3
n pl -mies
US and Canadian a slang word for drunkard
adj
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) of or like rum in taste or smell
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| Noun | 1. |  rummy - a chronic drinker |
| 2. | rummy - a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their 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. | rummy - 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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