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rum

rum

4 8.2
A card game in which players make sets and runs to be first to lay down all cards
  • noun
  • /rʌm/
translation icon : rummy
  • The goal of rum is to meld all your cards into sets and runs before your opponents do.

Examples

  • At the family gathering, we played a lively game of rum that had everyone laughing and cheering.

  • During our camping trip, we spent the evening enjoying a friendly game of rum around the campfire.

  • The entire substructure of his brain is eaten away with rum.

    The Rum Diary (2011)

  • He poured out a shot of rum for himself and kept the bottle.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • I might even be moved to say "Steady on" or "Now then, old chap, that's a bit of a rum thing to do."

    Blog text (14)

  • I had the idea of the Russian army in the sleeve, inspired by The Pogues album "Rum Sodomy and The Lash," which I was really into at the time.

    Blog text (12)

  • How could one describe the demands made by the European subsidiary PayPal, a company facilitating electronic transactions via the Internet, on the German Rum Co. firm to remove Cuban rum and cigars from its webpage?

    Blog text (11)

Synonyms

rummy
vsrum
11 4.1

A card game where players make sets or sequences of cards

is the standard single word name used for the same game
rummy game
vsrum
3.2

A card game where players make sets or runs of matching cards

is a shorter, more general label for that same game

Compounds

bay rum
  • US
1 7.5

A scented liquid used as an aftershave or cologne with a warm spicy smell

bay-rum tree
  • US
9.9

A tropical Caribbean tree whose leaves make a fragrant oil used for aftershave

Demerara rum
7.9

A dark alcoholic drink from Guyana made from Demerara sugar with a rich taste

Jamaica rum
4.1

A strong drink from Jamaica with a rich, fruity taste and smell

rum baba
8.0

A small rich cake made with yeast and soaked in rum syrup

rum cherry
  • US
8.9

A large North American cherry tree with dark sour fruit and strong wood

rum cherry
4.7

A cherry kept in rum and sugar to flavor drinks and cakes

rum cocktail
3.4

A drink made with rum mixed with lime and other sweet or sour ingredients

rum mill
  • Archaic
9.0

A place or group where people spread gossip quickly

rum nose
  • Archaic
9.9

A red, swollen nose with small red veins, often linked to heavy drinking

rum sling
7.5

A mixed drink of rum, sugar, water, often with lemon juice

rum-blossom
  • Archaic
9.9

A red, swollen nose with small veins you can see after long heavy drinking

Surface Forms

rum singular
rums plural

Etymology

Rum the card game is just a short form of rummy, a family of games where players try to make sets and runs, so the word simply names this casual card game.