Rum (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
  2. alcoholic drink in general; intoxicating liquor: He warned against the demon rum.
adjective Chiefly British Informal.
  1. odd, strange, or queer: a rum fellow.
  2. problematic; difficult; bad: a rum situation.
noun Cards.
  1. rummy1.
noun
  1. Arabic name of Rome, once used to designate the Byzantine Empire.
abbreviation
  1. Rumania. See Romania.
  2. Rumanian. See Romanian.
noun
  1. spirit made from sugar cane, either coloured brownish-red by the addition of caramel or by maturation in oak containers, or left white
adjective rummer or rummest
  1. strange; peculiar; odd
noun
  1. short for rummy 1
Rum (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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