rum (redirected from rumness)

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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rum¹

n

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) spirit made from sugar cane, either coloured brownish-red by the addition of caramel or by maturation in oak containers, or left white

[perhaps shortened from C16 rumbullion, of uncertain origin]

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rum²

adj rummer, rummest

Brit slang strange; peculiar; odd

[perhaps from Romany rom man]

rumly  adv

rumness  n

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rum³

n

(Group Games / Card Games) short for rummy¹

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rum - Once known as rumbo, rumbowling, rumbustion, or rumbullion—from a Devonshire word meaning "uproar."

See also related terms for uproar.

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 It was a rum sort of joke.

Translations

rum¹ [rʌm]

A. N (= drink) → ron m

B. CPD rum toddy N ron con agua caliente y azúcar

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rum² [rʌm] ADJ (Brit) → raro

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rum [ˈrʌm]

n → rhum m

adj (British) (old-fashioned) → bizarre

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rum¹

n → Rum m; rum toddy → Grog m

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rum²

adj (dated Brit inf) → komisch (inf); person also → kauzig; they’re a rum lot → das sind mir (so) die Rechten (inf)

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rum¹ [rʌm] n (drink) → rum m inv

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rum² [rʌm] adj (-mer (comp) (-mest (superl))) (Brit) (fam) → strambo/a

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rum

n rum [ram]

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