rummy

[ ruhm-ee ]

/ ˈrʌm i /

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.

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Also called rum.

Origin of rummy

1905–10, Americanism; perhaps special use of rummy³

Words nearby rummy

ruml, rummage, rummage out, rummage sale, rummer, rummy, rumor, rumormonger, rumour, rump, rump parliament

Definition for rummy (2 of 3)

rummy²

[ ruhm-ee ]

/ ˈrʌm i /

noun, plural rum·mies.

Slang. a drunkard.

adjective

of or like rum.

Origin of rummy

First recorded in 1850–55; rum¹ + -y¹

Definition for rummy (3 of 3)

rummy³

[ ruhm-ee ]

/ ˈrʌm i /

adjective, rum·mi·er, rum·mi·est. Chiefly British Slang.

odd; peculiar.

Origin of rummy

First recorded in 1820–30; rum² + -y¹

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Example sentences from the Web for rummy

The “rooty toot toot” is simply the noise the horns make, while “rummy tum tum” is the drums.
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Does making these comments take more or less gall than Rummy with that tweet this morning?
Because It'll Be Different This Time|Michael Tomasky|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Anderson declined to run a correction, even after Rummy gave him a tour of the office.
Rumsfeld's Lighter Side from New Book Known and Unknown|Howard Kurtz|February 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
“I picked up a rummy curio on the beach this go,” said the captain.
The Plattner Story and Others|H. G. Wells

"Nothin' except gettin' trimmed in a rummy game," says Hatch, but he didn't get no rise.
Gullible's Travels, Etc.|Ring W. Lardner
Rummy, he reflected, how chappies stayed the same all their lives as they were when they were kids.
Jill the Reckless|P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
What girl wouldn't be rummy at breakfast, tied for life to a ghastly outsider like himself?
Indiscretions of Archie|P. G. Wodehouse
"Rummy thing," said the adjutant, after Cottar had returned to his wilderness with twenty other devils worse than the first.
The Day's Work, Volume 1|Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for rummy (1 of 3)

rummy¹

rum

/ (ˈrʌmɪ) /

noun

a card game based on collecting sets and sequences

Word Origin for rummy

C20: perhaps from rum ²

British Dictionary definitions for rummy (2 of 3)

rummy²

/ (ˈrʌmɪ) /

adjective

another word for rum 2

British Dictionary definitions for rummy (3 of 3)

rummy³

/ (ˈrʌmɪ) /

noun plural -mies

US and Canadian a slang word for drunkard

adjective

of or like rum in taste or smell

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rummy

noun

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Origin of rummy

Words nearby rummy

Definition for rummy (2 of 3)

noun, plural rum·mies.

adjective

Origin of rummy

Definition for rummy (3 of 3)

adjective, rum·mi·er, rum·mi·est. Chiefly British Slang.

Origin of rummy

Words related to rummy

Example sentences from the Web for rummy

British Dictionary definitions for rummy (1 of 3)

rum

noun

Word Origin for rummy

British Dictionary definitions for rummy (2 of 3)

adjective

British Dictionary definitions for rummy (3 of 3)

noun plural -mies

adjective