rummy
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9.1
- adjective
- /ˈrʌmi/
- Archaic
:
raro
- Not only was he emotionally drained by his dealings with Astrid Garrison and his trip to the museum, he was rummy from days of almost no sleep.
Examples
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I can blow both of your heads off before those rummy old hands of yours stop shaking long enough for you to find the trigger.
Fiction book (2000) -
You rummy bastard!
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I am in a rummy mood this morning.
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It was rummy, not poker!
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Giving us a rummy smile, she offered Rita and me a drink from her Thermos, which we refused, as this was no time for drinking and driving.
Fiction book (1995) -
At three cents apiece, he's got about a quarter in two hours and he walks right in that door, Laplante, and sits in on the rummy game.
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The rummy decorations in the antique shop caught my eye immediately.
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His rummy sense of humor always leaves us laughing at the strangest things.
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The book had a rummy plot that made it hard to predict what would happen next.
Synonyms
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2.3
Unusual and slightly odd in a way you cannot easily understand
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1.0
Different from what is normal or expected
740
2.0
Causing a strange feeling in your body
131
4.0
Strange or unusual in a way that attracts attention
123
4.6
Different from what is normal and expected
20
7.0
Very unusual in a noticeable way
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9.1
Strange or unusual in a way you notice
Strange or odd in a way that surprises people
Slightly strange in a small, gentle way
Antonyms
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
How Strange
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word rummy meaning 'strange' comes from old slang rum that meant 'odd' or 'unusual', so if something seems rummy it is simply a bit odd.