Meaning of rum | Babel Free
ɹʌmDefinitions
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Any odd person or thing. British, colloquial, dated
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The card game rummy. rare
- An island of the Inner Hebrides, in Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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An eyalet in the Ottoman Empire. historical
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Initialism of real user monitoring. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- ISO 639-2/B language code for Romanian
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A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses. uncountable
- rummy 1.
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A former polity in Anatolia, a Seljuk sultanate. historical
- A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses
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A serving of rum. countable
- British Slang. Deviating from the customary:bizarre, cranky, curious, eccentric, erratic, freakish, idiosyncratic, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unnatural, unusual, weird.
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Synonym of Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire in historical Turkish contexts. archaic
- A serving of rum
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A kind or brand of rum. countable
- a type of alcoholic drink, a spirit made from sugar cane. a bottle of rum. rum روم: شَراب كُحولي ром rum rum der Rum rom ρούμιron rumm نوشیدنی rommi rhumרום शराब rum rum rum, (minuman keras) romm rum ラム酒 럼주 romas rums rum rumromrum د څښاک rum rom ром rum rum rum rom เหล้ารัม rom 萊姆酒 ром ایک قسم کی شراب rượu rom 朗姆酒糖酒
- A kind or brand of rum
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A strange person or thing. countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
- An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented molasses or sugarcane.
- A similar spirit distilled from similar preparations of sugarbeets, sorghum, etc
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A country parson. countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
- Intoxicating beverages.
- Odd; strange.
- Presenting danger or difficulty.
- (Brewing) spirit made from sugar cane, either coloured brownish-red by the addition of caramel or by maturation in oak containers, or left white
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slang Brit strange; peculiar; odd slang
- (Card Games) short for rummy1
Equivalents
Examples
“The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.”
“Jake tossed down three rums.”
“Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.”
“No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.”
“RUM may involve sniffing the network connection, adding JavaScript to pages, installing agents on end user machines, or some combination thereof.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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