gin (redirected from ginnery)

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 ¹

Noun

an alcoholic drink distilled from malted grain and flavoured with juniper berries [Dutch genever juniper]

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gin ²

Noun

a noose of thin strong wire for catching small mammals [Middle English gyn]

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gin ³

Noun

Austral offensive an Aboriginal woman [Aboriginal]

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

gin [dʒɪn] n (liquor) → ginebra

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gin [dʒɪn] n → gin m

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gin [dʒɪn] n → Gin m

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gin [dʒɪn] n (liquor) → gin m inv