rumnoun [ C or U ]
uk/rʌm/us/rʌm/a strong alcoholic drink made from the juice of the sugar cane plant:
I'll have a (glass of) rum.
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Spirits & distilling
- absinthe
- amaretto
- applejack
- benedictine
- bitter
- chaser
- cognac
- cordial
- crème de menthe
- curaçao
- grappa
- hooch
- kirsch
- liqueur
- malt
- scotch
- sloe gin
- spirit
- toddy
- vodka
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rumadjective
uk/rʌm/us/rʌm/rummer, rummest UK old-fashionedunusual and strange:
He said he wasn't coming, which I thought was a bit rum.
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Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- add
- bizarre
- curious
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- kinky
- kooky
- like nothing (else) on earth idiom
- like nothing on earth idiom
- not add up idiom
- peculiarly
- random
- sicko
- singularity
- singularly
- strange
- suss
- whacky
- whimsical
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Idiom(s)
a rum do