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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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Jodi Smith lost count of the number of rum and Cokes her seatmate ordered on a recent flight from Boston to Los Angeles.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
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Noun
Volume trends for rum (-8.22%), brandy/Cognac (-8.93%), and gin (-4.99%) also declined for the year.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Jodi Smith lost count of the number of rum and Cokes her seatmate ordered on a recent flight from Boston to Los Angeles.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 3 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 12 May. 2025.
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