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    [Noun]  | "rum*my" | \ ˈrə-mē \


    1: any of several card games for two or more players in which each player tries to assemble groups of three or more cards of the same rank or of consecutive sequence in the same suit and to be the first to meld them all


    Origin: 1910 ;

     Derivative of rum, rhum, an earlier name for the game (of obscure origin), with a suffix of uncertain identity, perhaps {see: |-y:4|-ie};

    [Noun]  | "rummy" 


    1: drunkard


    Origin: 1843 ;

     {see: |rum:1|rum:1} + {see: |-y:4|-ie};

    [Noun]  | "gin rummy" 


    1: a rummy game for two players in which each player is dealt 10 cards and in which a player may win a hand by matching all the cards in it or may end play when the unmatched cards count up to 10 points or less


    Origin: 1925 ;

     {see: |gin:1|gin:1};

    [Adjective]  | "rummy" 


    1: of, involving, or containing rum

    2: affected by or as if by an excessive intake of rum


    Origin: 1742 ;

     {see: |rum:1|rum:1} + {see: |-y:1|-y:1};

    [Adjective]  | "rummy" 


    1: peculiar, odd


    Origin: 1828 ;

     {see: |rum:2|rum:2} + {see: |-y:1|-y:1};

    [Noun]  | "rummy" 


    1: a person who makes a habit of getting drunk;


      * e.g., " ... most mornings a dazed old rummy sits on the steps with a bottle in a paper bag "



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    [Noun]  | "rum" 


    1: a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk;


      * e.g., " ... a fiery sermon on the evils of demon rum "





     [ "rummy" ]

    1: drunk

      * e.g.,  ... Get that damned rummy outta here. I done told him not to come around trying to cadge free drinks in my bar. 


     [ "rummy" ]

    2: One who drinks too much (rum, or otherwise).

     [ "rummy" ]

    1: bad; awful; depressing

      * e.g.,  ... That was the rummiest phone call in a lifetime of rummy phone calls. 

     [ "rummy" ]

    1: George W. Bush's first Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld.

      * e.g.,  ... Then Rummy said, "Throw another terrorist on the fire!" 

     [ "rummy" ]

    1: an affectionate word for a person's stomach or abdomen. typically squishy.

      * e.g.,  ... Oh man, I heard she's got a soft rummy. Let me hold the rummy. My rummy is tumbling! 

     [ "rummy" ]

    1: Someone who is mentally retarded.

      * e.g.,  ... That guys such a rummy 

     [ "rummy" ]

    1: an affectionate word for a person's stomach or abdomen. typically squishy.

      * e.g.,  ... Oh man, she has such a soft rummy. Let me hold the rummy. My rummy is tumbling! 

     [ "rummy" ]

    1: A terrible friend or a beloved enemy.

      * e.g.,  ... The dog's been a real rummy this week with it's pooping in the fish tank habits and blaming it on the cat, but I still love that pooch. 

     [ "rummie" ]

    1: Boozehound; juicehead; lush

      * e.g.,  ... Your dad is a serious rummie. 

     [ "rummies" ]

    1: Another term for fans of the Disney film "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." Usually female, rummies (singular: rummy) are so named because of the Johnny Depp character Jack Sparrow's chronic consumption of the drink throughout the film. And since the line, "But why is the rum gone?!" is proclaimed by sparrow-chasers to be the funniest gol' dang thing they've ever heard, the term "rummy" inevitably resulted. See also teenybopper and the aforementioned sparrow-chaser.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm getting awfully tired of a couple of my friends; they're nothing but hopeless rummies that are hooked on that damn Johnny Depp guy. 

     [ "Rummy" ]

    1: A style of fighting involving maneuvers like jostling for position, elbows, kicking, jumping, pushing and high speed bumping. From far away it just looks like a mob of people crashing into each other, but when examined carefully there is a method to the madness.

      * e.g.,  ... "Da Joeys Geelong boiis invented Da Rummys." 


     [ "Rummy" ]

    2: Rummy is an official martial art, but is banned in many countries. In some countries it is even illegal to say the word rummy.

      * e.g.,  ... "Rummy is a way of life." 


     [ "Rummy" ]

    3: Only the incredibly skilled fighters are allowed to be exposed to the world of Rummy.If you have not heard about it, you are not good enough to participate.

      * e.g.,  ... "man, the was the sickest Rummy we have ever had!" 

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