rum (n.)

  1. liquor distilled from fermented molasses

  2. a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards

    [ Syn: rummy ]

    rum (adj.)

  1. 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 , rummy , singular ]

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