as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
most mornings a dazed old rummy sits on the steps with a bottle in a paper bag
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Recent Examples of rummy
The high-ester (read: funky) Jamaican rum in the blend is not as intense as some rummies may like, but what’s there makes up for what isn’t.
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
Buy Now on Drizly: $30 Best Barbados White Rum
The Real McCoy 3 Year Aged
Barbados’ Foursquare distillery, helmed by Richard Seale, produces aged rums that send serious rummies into spasms of joy and frenzied hunts for limited edition bottles.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
Founded by Marc Farrell, a native of Trinidad & Tobago who was Starbucks’ youngest VP before leaving to follow his rummy dreams, this is a blend of sourced column-still rum from the Dominican Republic and Jamaican pot-still rum.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
Picture sweet potato crème brûlée inside the shell of a sweet potato: a rummy, spicy sweet potato caramel, and a topper of meringue.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
Buy Now on Drizly: $30 Best Barbados White Rum The Real McCoy 3 Year Aged Barbados’ Foursquare distillery, helmed by Richard Seale, produces aged rums that send serious rummies into spasms of joy and frenzied hunts for limited edition bottles.
—Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 2 June 2023
This isn't the kind of beach for arcade games on the boardwalk or rummy drinks under a palapa, but rather natural-feeling beaches, independent bookstores and restaurants, and even a lavender farm with views of the Olympic Mountains.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2023
Laurie Mandeville-Beaudette lost her 83-year-old father, James Mandeville, a Navy veteran, prankster, and relentlessly competitive card shark who favored rummy and cribbage.
—Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
Christopher drank something fruity and rummy called Al’s Escape and lived to tell the tale.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
Buy Now on Drizly: $30 Best Barbados White Rum
The Real McCoy 3 Year Aged
Barbados’ Foursquare distillery, helmed by Richard Seale, produces aged rums that send serious rummies into spasms of joy and frenzied hunts for limited edition bottles.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
Founded by Marc Farrell, a native of Trinidad & Tobago who was Starbucks’ youngest VP before leaving to follow his rummy dreams, this is a blend of sourced column-still rum from the Dominican Republic and Jamaican pot-still rum.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
Picture sweet potato crème brûlée inside the shell of a sweet potato: a rummy, spicy sweet potato caramel, and a topper of meringue.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
Buy Now on Drizly: $30 Best Barbados White Rum The Real McCoy 3 Year Aged Barbados’ Foursquare distillery, helmed by Richard Seale, produces aged rums that send serious rummies into spasms of joy and frenzied hunts for limited edition bottles.
—Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 2 June 2023
This isn't the kind of beach for arcade games on the boardwalk or rummy drinks under a palapa, but rather natural-feeling beaches, independent bookstores and restaurants, and even a lavender farm with views of the Olympic Mountains.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2023
Laurie Mandeville-Beaudette lost her 83-year-old father, James Mandeville, a Navy veteran, prankster, and relentlessly competitive card shark who favored rummy and cribbage.
—Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
Christopher drank something fruity and rummy called Al’s Escape and lived to tell the tale.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rummy
Noun
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Leonard was an alcoholic whose drinking began in high school.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
13 July 2025
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Pete’s brother, a former hockey player who misses his glory days, is an alcoholic who cares for the family’s large mink farm.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
15 June 2025
Noun
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Gunja’s husband was a drunk who sold chicken and mutton bones for a living, collecting them from dhaba eating places, then transporting them to a bone-meal-fertilizer factory.—
Kiran Desai,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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Scolding your Valley co-star for being a sloppy drunk is like scolding your Gilded Age co-star for wearing wigs with weird little bangs.—
Michelle Cohn,
Vulture,
24 July 2025
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“Rummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rummy. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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