Meanings
rummy1
rummy2
comparative rummier · superlative rummiest
- AustraliaUKcolloquialdatedPeculiar; odd.
“You say rummy things and you do rummy things. What I mean to say is, you're impulsive.”
1920, P. G. Wodehouse, Jill the Reckless, page 281 more example
‘Up to this time, you understand, we had only built a bit of a slab hut [...] a cow-yard, and the rummiest bit of fencing you every looked at.’
1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 97
plural rummies
- A rum-drinking alcoholic.
No one has forgotten Frank Dodd, the crossing guard who went crazy here twelve years ago and killed those women, and they haven't forgotten the dog, either, the one that came down with rabies and killed Joe Camber and the old rummy down the road from him.
1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivebeyond or deviating from the usual or expected
nouna card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
rummy · noun
- GermanRuhm“fame, glory”
- Englishrummy
Unknown, with much speculation. Perhaps related to rum via poker slang, or ultimately from German Ruhm (“fame, glory”).
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Arabic هَانْد رِيمِي, هَانْد
- هَانْد رِيمِي (hānd rīmī)card game
- هَانْد (hānd)card game
Bulgarian рум
- рум (rum)card game
Chinese Mandarin 拉密牌, 朗姆酒味的
- 拉密牌card game
- 朗姆酒味的 (lǎnɡmǔjiǔ wèi de)resembling or tasting of rum
- 嗜飲朗姆酒的人 /嗜饮朗姆酒的人 (shì yǐn lǎngmǔjiǔ de rén)rum-drinking alcoholic
Czech žolíky, remy
- žolíkycard game
- remycard game
Danish rommy
- rommycard game
Dutch rummy, rumachtig
- rummycard game
- rumachtigresembling or tasting of rum
- rumdrinkerrum-drinking alcoholic
Esperanto rumio
- rumiocard game
Finnish rommi, romminen
- rommicard game
- romminenresembling or tasting of rum
- rommijuopporum-drinking alcoholic
French rami
- ramicard game
German Rommé, Rommee
- Rommécard game
- Rommeecard game
Greek ραμί
- ραμί (ramí)card game
Hebrew רֶמִי
- רֶמִי (remí)card game
Hindi रमी
- रमी (ramī)card game
Hungarian römi
- römicard game
Indonesian remi
- remicard game
Irish rumaí
- rumaícard game
Italian ramino
- raminocard game
Japanese ラミー
- ラミー (ramī)card game
Korean 러미
- 러미 (reomi)card game
Norwegian Bokmål rummy
- rummycard game
Polish remik, remibrydż
- remikcard game
- remibrydżcard game
- żolikcard game
- rumowyresembling or tasting of rum
- moczymordarum-drinking alcoholic
- ochlapusrum-drinking alcoholic
Romanian rummy
- rummycard game
Russian ра́мми, ре́мик
- ра́мми (rámmi)card game
- ре́мик (rémik)card game
Slovak remy, žolík
- remycard game
- žolíkcard game
- žolíkycard game
Tamil ரம்மி
- ரம்மி (rammi)card game
Thai รัมมี่
- รัมมี่ (ram-mîi)card game
Turkish remi
- remicard game
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rummy
Cite this entry
rummy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rummy
“rummy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rummy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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