rummy

«rummy» in Mova's school dictionary: a card game where you try to collect sets (like three… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (rummy — a card game, uncountable); adjective (rummy — old UK informal, «odd»)

meaning for a pupil

1) Rummy is a card game where you try to collect sets (like three kings) and runs (like 4, 5, 6 of hearts). tree →

2) (old-fashioned, UK informal) Rummy means strange or odd. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life families play rummy at home or on holiday; it helps with matching, sorting and counting. Phrases: «play rummy», «gin rummy».

examples

• Let's play rummy after dinner. tree →
• Grandad always wins at rummy. tree →
• In rummy you collect runs and sets. tree →
• A run in rummy is three or more cards in order of the same suit. tree →
• Gin rummy is played by two people. tree →
• That's a rummy business! (old-fashioned) tree →

note

Uncountable as a game: «play rummy» (not «a rummy»). Not related to the drink rum in meaning. Card games like rummy practise ordering numbers and grouping.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rummy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.