rum

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹʌm/

Noun

rum

1. (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

   The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.

2. (countable) A serving of rum.

   Jake tossed down three rums.

3. (countable) A kind or brand of rum.

   Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.

4. (obsolete, slang) A queer or odd person or thing.
5. (obsolete, slang) A country parson.
   • 1729, Jonathan Swift, The Grand Question Debated of Hamilton's Bawn

     No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.

Synonyms

• (odd person) odd duck, strange fish, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person
• (odd thing) abnormality, deviant, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly

Translations

• French: rhum
• German: Rum
• Italian: rum
• Portuguese: rum
• Russian: ром
• Spanish: ron

Adjective

rum (comparative rummer, superlative rummest)

1. (obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable. [16th c.]

   having a rum time

2. (British, colloquial, dated) Strange, peculiar. [18th c.]

   a rum idea; a rum fellow

   • 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, Google Books ↗

     "Can't you see him?"

     "Well, I almost thought I did—for a moment. It's such a rum light."

   • 1976, James Herriot, All Things Wise and Wonderful, page 346 ↗

     "She's as 'appy as Larry, but she'll neither move nor eat. It's a rum 'un, isn't it?" It was very rum indeed.

Synonyms

• (fine, excellent, valuable) exceptional, pukka, top-notch; see also Thesaurus:excellent
• (strange, peculiar) bizarre, queer, rummy; see also Thesaurus:strange

Noun

rum (plural rums)

1. (British, colloquial, dated) Any odd person or thing.

Noun

rum

1. (rare) The card game rummy.

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Rum

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Proper noun

1. Alternative form of Rùm

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