rum

/ɹʌm/

noun

  1. 1

    A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

    “The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.”
  2. 2

    A serving of rum.

    “Jake tossed down three rums.”
  3. 3

    A kind or brand of rum.

  4. 4

    A queer or odd person or thing.

  5. 5

    A country parson.

noun

  1. 1

    Any odd person or thing.

adjective

  1. 1

    Fine, excellent, valuable.

    “having a rum time”
  2. 2

    Strange, peculiar.

    “a rum idea; a rum fellow”

Synonyms

noun

  1. 1

    The card game rummy.

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