curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
(adjective) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; “a curious hybrid accent”; “her speech has a funny twang”; “they have some funny ideas about war”; “had an odd name”; “the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves”; “something definitely queer about this town”; “what a rum fellow”; “singular behavior”
rummy, rum
(noun) a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
rum
(noun) liquor distilled from fermented molasses
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rum (countable and uncountable, plural rums)
(uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
(countable) A serving of rum.
(countable) A kind or brand of rum.
(obsolete, slang) A queer or odd person or thing.
(obsolete, slang) A country parson.
• (odd person): odd duck, strange fish, weirdo; see also strange person
• (odd thing): abnormality, deviant, outlier; see also anomaly
rum (comparative rummer, )
(obsolete) Fine, excellent, valuable. [16th c.]
(British, colloquial, dated) Strange, peculiar. [18th c.]
• (fine, excellent, valuable): exceptional, pukka, top-notch; see also excellent
• (strange, peculiar): bizarre, queer, rummy; see also strange
rum (plural rums)
(British, colloquial, dated) Any odd person or thing.
rum
(rare) The card game rummy.
• MRU, RMU, URM
Rum
Alternative form of RĂąm
• MRU, RMU, URM
Source: Wiktionary
Rum, n. Etym: [probably shortened from prov. E. rumbullion a great tumult, formerly applied in the island of Barbadoes to an intoxicating liquor.]
Definition: A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scumming of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor. Rum bud, a grog blossom. [Colloq.] -- Rum shrub, a drink composed of rum, water, sugar, and lime juice or lemon juice, with some flavoring extract.
Rum, a. Etym: [Formerly rome, a slang word for good; possibly of Gypsy origin; cf. Gypsy rom a husband, a gypsy.]
Definition: Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow. [Slang] Dickens.
Rum, n.
Definition: A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson. [Slang, Obs.] Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
