Rum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹʌm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rum is a noun meaning (uncountable) A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
Meaning
(uncountable) A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
More Meanings
- (inexact) A similar spirit distilled from similar preparations of sugarbeets, sorghum, etc.
- (UK, informal, dated) Strange, peculiar.
- (British, colloquial, dated) Any odd person or thing.
- (obsolete, slang) A strange person or thing.
- (obsolete, slang) A country parson.
- (obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable.
- (rare) The card game rummy.
Example Sentences
having a rum time
a rum idea; a rum fellow
The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.
No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.
Word Forms
- rums
- rummer
- rummest
Synonyms for rum
Depending on context, synonyms include rumbullion, rumbustion, kill-devil, weirdo, abnormality, deviant.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include queer, funny, peculiar, strange, singular, odd.
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Sources & Attribution
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