'RUM' definitions:
Definition of 'rum'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular]
noun
Liquor distilled from fermented molasses
noun
A card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards [syn: rummy, rum]
Definition of 'Rum'
From: GCIDE
- Rum \Rum\, n. A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson. [Slang, Obs.] --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rum'
From: GCIDE
- Rum \Rum\, n. [probably shortened from Prov. E. rumbullion a great tumult, formerly applied in the island of Barbadoes to an intoxicating liquor.] A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor. [1913 Webster]
- Rum bud, a grog blossom. [Colloq.]
- Rum shrub, a drink composed of rum, water, sugar, and lime juice or lemon juice, with some flavoring extract. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rum'
From: GCIDE
- Rum \Rum\, a. [Formerly rome, a slang word for good; possibly of Gypsy origin; cf. Gypsy rom a husband, a gypsy.] Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow. [Slang] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rum'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurd,
- ace-high,
- alcohol,
- alcoholic beverage,
- alcoholic drink,
- aqua vitae,
- ardent spirits,
- bad,
- bang-up,
- beverage,
- bizarre,
- bonzer,
- booze,
- boss,
- brew,
- bully,
- but good,
- cool,
- corking,
- crackerjack,
- curious,
- dandy,
- delicious,
- drink,
- ducky,
- eccentric,
- fab,
- fine and dandy,
- freaked out,
- freaky,
- funny,
- gear,
- great,
- grog,
- groovy,
- hard liquor,
- heavy,
- hot,
- hunky-dory,
- idiosyncratic,
- inebriant,
- intoxicant,
- intoxicating liquor,
- jam-up,
- John Barleycorn,
- just dandy,
- keen,
- kooky,
- liquor,
- little brown jug,
- marvy,
- mean,
- neat,
- nifty,
- nobby,
- odd,
- oddball,
- off,
- off the wall,
- OK,
- okay,
- out,
- out of sight,
- outlandish,
- passing strange,
- peachy,
- peachy-keen,
- peculiar,
- potable,
- potation,
- punch bowl,
- quaint,
- queer,
- ripping,
- schnapps,
- scrumptious,
- singular,
- slap-up,
- smashing,
- social lubricant,
- solid,
- something else,
- spiffing,
- spiffy,
- spirits,
- strange,
- strong drink,
- strong waters,
- stunning,
- swell,
- the bottle,
- the cup,
- the Demon Rum,
- the flowing bowl,
- the luscious liquor,
- the ruddy cup,
- tough,
- toxicant,
- unearthly,
- water of life,
- weird,
- wizard,
- wondrous strange
Acronyms for 'rum'
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