noun
rum
ruhm
noun
1
A strong alcoholic spirit distilled from sugarcane juice or molasses.
"They mixed rum with pineapple juice for the cocktail."
adj
1
Odd or peculiar (informal, chiefly British).
"It was a rum business, the way he suddenly disappeared."
How to Use Rum
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMost commonly the sugarcane-based spirit; the "odd/strange" sense is old-fashioned British slang, rarely used now.
Common pairings
rum and coke
dark rum
spiced rum
Word Forms
rummer comparative, rums plural, rums plural, rummest superlative
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Etymology
First recorded around the mid-1600s; the exact origin is debated, with theories tracing it to Caribbean slang words like "rumbullion."