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Definitions for rummy
ˈrʌm irum·my

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, winonoun

    a chronic drinker

  2. rummy, rumadjective

    a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards

  3. curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singularadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. rummynoun

    a card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

  2. rummynoun

    a rum-drinking alcoholic.

Wikipedia

  1. Rummy

    Rummy is a group of matching-card games notable for similar gameplay based on matching cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit. The basic goal in any form of rummy is to build melds which can be either sets (three or four of a kind of the same rank) or runs (three or more sequential cards of the same suit) and either be first to go out or to amass more points than the opposition.

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  1. rummy

    Rummy is a group of matching-card games notable for similar gameplay based on matching cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit. The goal in any form of rummy is to build melds, which can be sets (three or four of a kind of the same rank) or runs (three or more consecutive cards of the same suit). The game can be played by two to six people.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rummyadjective

    of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor

  2. Rummynoun

    one who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person

  3. Rummyadjective

    strange; odd

  4. Etymology: [See Rum, a.]

Wikidata

  1. Rummy

    Rummy is a group of matching card games notable for similar gameplay based on the matching cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit. The basic goal in any form of rummy is to build melds which consists of sets, three or four of a kind of the same rank, or runs, three or more cards in sequence, of the same suit. The original form of rummy is called Sai rummy or Basic rummy. The Mexican game of Conquian is considered by games scholar David Parlett to be ancestral to all rummy games, which itself is derived from a Chinese game called Khanhoo and, going even further back, Mahjong.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rummy

    rum′i, adj. rum: queer.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rummy in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rummy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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