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 Definitions of rummy  [ˈrʌm i]  

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Definition of 'rummy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) rummy
any of various card games for two, three, or four players, each dealt seven, nine, or ten cards, in which the object is to match cards into sets and sequences.

2. (n.) rummy
Slang. a drunkard.

3. (adj.) rummy
of or like rum:
a rummy taste.

4.  rummy
Slang. strange; odd.

Etymology:  (1850–55)

Definition of 'rummy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino
a chronic drinker

2. (adj) rummy, rum
a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards

3. (adj) curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
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"


Definition of 'rummy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) rummy
of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor

2. (adj) rummy
strange; odd

3. (noun) rummy
one who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person



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