rummy
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈrʌmi/
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rummy
- Our parents were sitting at the table playing rummy.
- play rummy
- game of rummy
- gin rummy
I'm a weird person where like some people think that I'm going to play like gin rummy with them and I'm going to be like, I crushed you, you know, like Monica from Cheers or Friends.
- I'm a weird person where like some people think that I'm going to play like gin rummy with them and I'm going to be like, I crushed you, you know, like Monica from Cheers or Friends.
Examples
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You can visit them in the morning and still get a game of rummy together by the afternoon at friends' in Heliopolis.
Fiction book (1994) -
Let's play some rummy.
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Mom is the best rummy player right here.
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I played gin rummy and lost.
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Who is up for some gin rummy?
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Do you still play gin rummy?
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We played fifty games of rummy, then moved on to blackjack.
Fiction book (1992) -
On Saturdays and Sundays, my mother challenges me to games of gin rummy.
Fiction book (2002) -
We would hike, yodel, write poetry, play gin rummy; together we would stand atop a peak and embrace the world.
Fiction book (1997) -
On rainy days, my friends and I enjoy playing rummy to pass the time.
Synonyms
15
8.4
A card game like rummy where you end the play if your hand totals under ten points
5
3.4
A card game where players make sets and runs and end when leftover cards total under ten points
4
8.2
A card game in which players make sets and runs to be first to lay down all cards
1
8.7
A rummy game where a player ends a round if unmatched cards total less than ten points
A card game where players make sets or runs of matching cards
A card game using two decks and four jokers where jokers and twos are wild and players form sets
Compounds
- US
5
3.4
A card game where players make sets and runs and end when leftover cards total under ten points
- Jargon
1
8.7
A rummy game where a player ends a round if unmatched cards total less than ten points
- US
A card game using two decks and four jokers where jokers and twos are wild and players form sets
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Etymology
The word rummy for the card game probably comes from old slang rum, which meant 'odd', or from the drink rum because people often played cards while drinking. So, picture friends around a table with a glass of rum as they make sets of cards to remember the game's name.