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rum
1[ ruhm ]
noun
- an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- alcoholic drink in general; intoxicating liquor:
He warned against the demon rum.
rum
2[ ruhm ]
adjective
- odd, strange, or queer:
a rum fellow.
- problematic; difficult; bad:
a rum situation.
rum
3[ ruhm ]
noun
Rum
4[ room ]
noun
- Arabic name of Rome, once used to designate the Byzantine Empire.
rum
1/ rʌm /
adjective
- slang.strange; peculiar; odd
rum
3/ rʌm /
noun
- spirit made from sugar cane, either coloured brownish-red by the addition of caramel or by maturation in oak containers, or left white
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Derived Forms
- ˈrumness, noun
- ˈrumly, adverb
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Other Words From
- rumless adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
On the night of his death, Martinez and another pledge were told to split a half-gallon bottle of rum, according to the filing.
In 2019, with long straws in hand, friends and I sat around the table, giggling and slurping up the delicious shared rum concoction until we hit ceramic.
At Rikki Tiki itself, embrace the tourism factor and order a Key Lime Pie—a mix of rum, ice cream, and fresh lime juice with a graham-cracker crust.
If the cajeta turns out thicker than you wanted, add warm water, milk or rum, a little at a time, until you reach the desired consistency.
If you want to add liquor, such as rum, or flavoring, do so during the last 10 minutes of cooking.
Remove from heat and stir in the walnuts, rum, powdered sugar, and salt until fully incorporated.
Heat the rum in a small skillet over medium until reduce by half.
Make a batch of these rum balls, climb into a onesie, and let your favorite movie do the rest.
Phonetic, made-up lyrics are another venerable tradition of folk music, and “pa-rum-pa-pa-pum” is iconic of the genre.
Both impart the experience of sitting with brilliant Cubans over a rum to debate the State of Cuban Intellectual Life.
The black sticks resembling lollipops are said to be compounds of rum, bullocks' blood and tobacco lees.
He was unhurt, but he moved with shuffling steps, much like a tavern-loafer soggy from rum.
Ive seen a lot of booze-fighters, and helped tuck some of them underground, but I never saw any rum hound just like this guy.
The men were in a panic and the captain sought courage in rum, and was soon too drunk to handle his ship.
Half a gill of rum to two of water was served out once a day to each man.
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