rummy

¹rum·my

adjective \ˈrə-mē\

rum·mi·errum·mi·est

Definition of RUMMY

: queer, odd <feeling a little rummy from our trip up the escalator — New Yorker>

Origin of RUMMY

²rum

First Known Use: 1828

Rhymes with RUMMY

chummy, crummie, crummy, dummy, gummy, mommy, mummy, plummy, scummy, slummy, tummy, yummy

²rummy

noun

plural rummies

Definition of RUMMY

: drunkard

Origin of RUMMY

¹rum

First Known Use: 1851

Rhymes with RUMMY

dummy

³rummy

noun

Definition of RUMMY

: any of several card games for two or more players in which each player tries to assemble groups of three or more cards of the same rank or suit and to be the first to meld them all

Origin of RUMMY

perhaps from ¹rummy

First Known Use: 1915

rummy

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

Family of card games. The many variants of rummy make it one of the world's best-known and most widely played card games. The basic principle of rummy (also spelled rum, rhum, or romme) is to form sets of three or four cards of the same rank (as four 8s, three 6s) or sequences of three or more cards of the same suit (6–5–4–3, all of diamonds, e.g.). Canasta is an unusual type of rummy, in that sequences are not permitted. See also gin rummy.