1
: an alcoholic beverage distilled from a fermented cane product (such as molasses)
2
: alcoholic liquor
the demon rum
rummer; rummest
Examples of rum in a Sentence
Noun
a fiery sermon on the evils of demon rum
Adjective
They're a pretty rum lot.
she wears staid business suits, but prefers some quite rum knickers underneath
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Emily Price, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Sherry, port, and rum barrels have all been used for decades in categories ranging from scotch to Irish to bourbon, and the results are usually solid.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 18 May 2025
Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
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Noun
Due to relaxed labeling laws, many popular Indian whiskies were made from molasses—technically rums—then blended with a small amount of grain spirit.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Sherry, port, and rum barrels have all been used for decades in categories ranging from scotch to Irish to bourbon, and the results are usually solid.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 18 May 2025
Adjective
The whiskey was distilled in 1989 and matured in ex-rum casks before being finished for three years in barrels that previously contained Pedro Ximénez (PX) Sherry.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
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“Rum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rum. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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