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RUMMY

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cardsplay

Synonyms:

rum; rummy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rummy" is a kind of...):

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rummy"):

gin; gin rummy; knock rummy (a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points)

basket rummy; canasta; meld (a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A chronic drinkerplay

Synonyms:

drunk; drunkard; inebriate; rummy; sot; wino

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("rummy" is a kind of...):

drinker; imbiber; juicer; toper (a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rummy"):

alcoholic; alky; boozer; dipsomaniac; lush; soaker; souse (a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beyond or deviating from the usual or expectedplay

Example:

singular behavior

Synonyms:

curious; funny; odd; peculiar; queer; rum; rummy; singular

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

strange; unusual (being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird)

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