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noun

rummy

RUM-ee/ˈrʌmi/

A card game in which players collect matching sets and sequences.

We play rummy at the kitchen table after dinner.

Close tabletop view of a rummy game in progress: a player lays the six of hearts beside the four and five of hearts, while a separate meld of three eights, a face-down draw pile and a face-up discard visibly establish set-and-sequence play.
Etymology

Origin uncertain. Proposed drink-related and Germanic game-name explanations do not establish one secure source for rummy.

In context

Studio IIT Bombay28:28
if in a game of gin rummy you're holding five of hearts and seven of hearts and waiting for six to come to make your pure sequence
Reversing Chronic Diseases Naturally by Lalit Kapoor

More examples

  • In rummy, three queens make a matching set.
  • She collects consecutive hearts during a game of rummy.
  • We keep score through several rounds of rummy.

Forms

rummy

Similar words

gin
A variety of rummy typically played by two people.
canasta
A rummy game emphasizing matching ranks rather than sequences.