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rum 1
(rŭm)n.
1. An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented molasses or sugarcane.
2. Intoxicating beverages.
[Probably short for obsolete rumbullion.]
rum 2
(rŭm)adj. rum·mer, rum·mest Chiefly British
1. Odd; strange.
2. Presenting danger or difficulty.
[Origin unknown.]
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rum
(rʌm)n
(Brewing) spirit made from sugar cane, either coloured brownish-red by the addition of caramel or by maturation in oak containers, or left white
[C17: perhaps shortened from C16 rumbullion, of uncertain origin]
rum
(rʌm)adj, rummer or rummest
slang Brit strange; peculiar; odd
[C19: perhaps from Romany rom man]
ˈrumly adv
ˈrumness n
rum
(rʌm)n
(Card Games) short for rummy1
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rum1
(rʌm)n.
1. an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugarcane product.
2. any intoxicating liquor.
[1645–55; perhaps short for obsolete rumbullion, rumbustion]
rum2
(rʌm)adj. Chiefly Brit.
1. odd, strange, or queer: a rum fellow.
2. problematic; difficult.
[1765–75; orig. uncertain]
rum3
(rʌm)n.
Rum.
1. Rumania.
2. Rumanian.
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rum
- Once known as rumbo, rumbowling, rumbustion, or rumbullion—from a Devonshire word meaning "uproar."See also related terms for uproar.
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| Noun | 1. |  rum - liquor distilled from fermented molassesbooze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented grog - rum cut with water demerara rum, demerara - dark rum from Guyana Jamaica rum - heavy pungent rum from Jamaica daiquiri, rum cocktail - a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice swizzle - any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice Tom and Jerry - hot rum toddy with a beaten egg planter's punch - a cocktail made of rum and lime or lemon juice with sugar and sometimes bitters |
| 2. | rum - a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards gin rummy, knock rummy, gin - a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points basket rummy, canasta, meld - a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank | |
| Adj. | 1. | rum - 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" |
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rum
adjective (Brit. slang) strange, odd, suspect, funny, unusual, curious, weird, suspicious, peculiar, dodgy (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), queer, singular It was a rum sort of joke.
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rum
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Translations
رومروم: شَراب كُحولي
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rom
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ラム
럼주
romas
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เหล้ารัม
rượu rum
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1 [rʌm]A. N (= drink) → ron m
B. CPD rum toddy N ron con agua caliente y azúcar
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2 [rʌm] ADJ (Brit) → raroCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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2Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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1 [rʌm] n (drink) → rum m invrum
2 [rʌm] adj (-mer (comp) (-mest (superl))) (Brit) (fam) → strambo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rum
(ram) noun a type of alcoholic drink, a spirit made from sugar cane. a bottle of rum.
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→ روم rum rom Rum ρούμι ron rommi rhum rum rum ラム 럼주 rum rom rum rum ром rom เหล้ารัม rom rượu rum 朗姆酒Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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n ron mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.