rummy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a chronic drinker
    drunk; inebriate; sot; wino; drunkard.
  2. noun a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
    rum.
  3. adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
    funny; rum; singular; queer; curious; odd; peculiar.
    • 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

WordNet


Rum"my adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor.
Rum"my noun
Wordforms
plural Rummies
Definitions
  1. One who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person. Low
  2. Rummy, a game of cards.
Rum"my adjective
Etymology
See Rum, a.
Definitions
  1. Strange; odd. Slang

Webster 1913