Definition of Rum

1. Noun. Liquor distilled from fermented molasses.


2. Adjective. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. "Singular behavior"

3. Noun. A card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards.
Exact synonyms: Rummy
Generic synonyms: Card Game, Cards
Specialized synonyms: Gin, Gin Rummy, Knock Rummy, Basket Rummy, Canasta, Meld

Definition of Rum

1. n. A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.

2. a. Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow.

3. n. A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson.

Definition of Rum

1. odd [adj RUMMER, RUMMEST] / an alcoholic liquor [n -S] - See also: odd

Medical Definition of Rum

1. Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow. Origin: Formerly rome, a slang word for good; possibly of Gypsy origin; cf. Gypsy rom a husband, a gypsy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rum

rule of nines
rule of outlet
rule of thumb
rule out
rulier
ruliest
ruling
rulings
ruling class
rullion
rullions
rullock
rullocks
ruly
rum (current term)
rum (current term)
rum-blossom
rum-blossom
rumaki
rumakis
rumal
rumals
Rumania
Rumanian
Rumansh
rumba
rumbaed
rumbaing
rumbas
rumbelow

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