gin (redirected from ginners)

gin ¹  (jn)

n.

A strong colorless alcoholic beverage made by distilling or redistilling rye or other grain spirits and adding juniper berries or aromatics such as anise, caraway seeds, or angelica root as flavoring.

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[Alteration of geneva, from Dutch jenever, from Middle Dutch geniver, juniper, from Old French geneivre, from Vulgar Latin *iiniperus, from Latin iniperus.]

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ginny adj.

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gin ²  (jn)

n.

1. Any of several machines or devices, especially:

a. A machine for hoisting or moving heavy objects.

b. A pile driver.

c. A snare or trap for game.

d. A pump operated by a windmill.

2. A cotton gin.

tr.v. ginned, gin·ning, gins

1. To remove the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin.

2. To trap in a gin.

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[Middle English, from Old French, short for engin, skill; see engine.]

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gin ³  (jn)

n.

Gin rummy.

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gin¹

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) an alcoholic drink obtained by distillation and rectification of the grain of malted barley, rye, or maize, flavoured with juniper berries

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) any of various grain spirits flavoured with other fruit or aromatic essences sloe gin

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) an alcoholic drink made from any rectified spirit

[shortened from Dutch genever juniper, via Old French from Latin jūniperus juniper]

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gin²

n

1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a primitive engine in which a vertical shaft is turned by horses driving a horizontal beam or yoke in a circle

2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Also called cotton gin a machine of this type used for separating seeds from raw cotton

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) a trap for catching small mammals, consisting of a noose of thin strong wire

4. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a hand-operated hoist that consists of a drum winder turned by a crank

vb gins, ginning, ginned (tr)

1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) to free (cotton) of seeds with a gin

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) to trap or snare (game) with a gin

[C13 gyn, shortened from engine]

ginner  n

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gin³

vb gins, ginning, gan, gun

an archaic word for begin

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gin⁴

conj

Scot if

[perhaps related to gif, an earlier form of if]

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gin⁵

n

Austral offensive slang an Aboriginal woman

[from a native Australian language]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gin - strong liquor flavored with juniper berries juniper berries - berrylike cone of a common juniper; used in making gin booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented bathtub gin - homemade gin especially that made illegally sloe gin - gin flavored with sloes (fruit of the blackthorn) Holland gin, Hollands, geneva - gin made in the Netherlands gin and tonic - gin and quinine water martini - a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth gin and it - a cocktail made of gin and sweet vermouth pink lady - a cocktail made of gin and brandy with lemon juice and grenadine shaken with an egg white and ice
	2.	gin - a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose noose, snare slipknot - a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made trap - a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
	3.	gin - a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers cotton gin machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
	4.	gin - a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points gin rummy, knock rummy rum, rummy - a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
Verb	1.	gin - separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
	2.	gin - trap with a snare; "gin game" hunting, hunt - the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport snare, trammel, trap, ensnare, entrap - catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"

Translations

gin¹ [dʒɪn] N (= drink) → ginebra f
gin and it (Brit) → vermú m con ginebra
gin and tonic → gin-tonic m

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gin² [dʒɪn]

A. N

1. (Brit) (also gin trap) → trampa f

2. (Tech) → desmotadera f de algodón

B. CPD gin rummy N → gin rummy m

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gin [ˈdʒɪn] n → gin m
a gin and tonic → un gin tonic

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gin:

gin rummy

n → Rommé nt → or Rommee nt → mit Zehn

gin sling

n → Gin-Fizz m

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gin¹

n (= drink) → Gin m, → Wacholder(schnaps) m; gin and tonic → Gin Tonic m; gin and it Gin und (italienischer) Wermut

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gin²

n

(Hunt) → Falle f; (= snare) → Schlinge f

(Tex: = cotton gin) → (Baumwoll)entkernungsmaschine f

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gin [dʒɪn] n (liquor) → gin m inv
gin and tonic → gin tonic m inv

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gin [dʒɪn] n (liquor) → gin m inv
gin and tonic → gin tonic m inv

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gin

n gin [dʒin]

a type of alcoholic drink made from grain and flavoured with juniper berries. jenewer جِن: مُسْكِر قَوي джин džin gin der Gin τζιν (ποτό) ginebra dþinn مشروب الکلی جین gini gin גין जिन, मदिरा džin gin gin gin gin ジン 진(호밀 등으로 만든 독한 증류주) džinas džins gin gin gin dżin gin gin джин džin gin džin gin เหล้าชนิดหนึ่ง cin 琴酒 джин ایک الکحلی مشروب rượu gin 杜松子酒

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gin → شراب الجين المُسكِر džin gin Gin τζιν ginebra gini gin džin gin ジン 진 jenever gin dżin gim, gin джин gin เหล้ายีน cin rượu gin 杜松子酒