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Noun: rummy rú-mee- A card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
- rum - A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- alcoholic, alky [informal], dipsomaniac, boozer [informal], lush [N. Amer, informal], soaker [informal], souse [informal], dipso [informal], winebibber [archaic], alkie [informal], tosspot [informal], drunkard, drunk, sot, inebriate, wino [informal] Adjective: rummy (rummier,rummiest) rú-mee Usage: Brit, archaic, informal
- Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
"a rummy hybrid accent"; - curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum [Brit, informal], singular
Derived forms: rummier, rummies, rummiest See also: oddball, strange, unusual Type of: card game, cards, drinker, imbiber, juicer, soak [informal], sponge [informal], toper Encyclopedia: Rummy |