Associations to the word «Rummy»
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Wiktionary
RUMMY, noun. (uncountable) a card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
RUMMY, noun. (countable) a rum-drinking alcoholic.
RUMMY, adjective. (dated) peculiar; odd
RUMMY, adjective. Resembling or tasting of rum.
RUMMY NOSE, noun. Firehead tetra (fish).
RUMMY NOSES, noun. Plural of rummy nose
Dictionary definition
RUMMY, noun. A chronic drinker.
RUMMY, noun. A card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards.
RUMMY, adjective. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.