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RUMMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
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 drinker
Synonyms:
drunk; drunkard; inebriate; rummy; sot; wino
Classified under:
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 expected
Example:
singular behavior
Synonyms:
curious; funny; odd; peculiar; queer; rum; rummy; singular
Classified under:
Similar:
strange; unusual (being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird)
