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rummy
1[ ruhm-ee ]
noun
- any of various card games for two, three, or four players, each usually being dealt seven, nine, or ten cards, in which the object is to match cards into sets and sequences.
rummy
2[ ruhm-ee ]
noun
- Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated.
adjective
- of or like rum.
rummy
3[ ruhm-ee ]
adjective
- odd; peculiar.
rummy
1/ ˈrʌmɪ /
noun
- a card game based on collecting sets and sequences
rummy
2/ ˈrʌmɪ /
noun
- a slang word for drunkard
adjective
- of or like rum in taste or smell
rummy
3/ ˈrʌmɪ /
adjective
- another word for rum 2
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Origin of rummy1
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Example Sentences
The “rooty toot toot” is simply the noise the horns make, while “rummy tum tum” is the drums.
Gin rummy was his big game and he fraternized with high rollers like Minnesota Fats and Dean Chance.
Does making these comments take more or less gall than Rummy with that tweet this morning?
It's a diversion, much like pinochle or gin rummy were in the days when there were only three TV channels.
The American Conservative Union will be giving Rummy the “Defender of the Constitution” Award.
I spose thats their trench acrost there, he said doubtfully, but its a rummy lookin mix up.
I've been to some rummy places in my time; and a waiter ain't the blind owl as he's supposed to be.
As soon as the door closed behind her, Max Rostoff turned and snarled, "Where have you been, you rummy?"
Rostoff snatched up the fallen gun, snarling, "I'm calling your bluff, you gutless rummy."
It was bound to be a lame dog, anyhow—and it might as well've been Rummy as anybody.
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