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gin
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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.

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

ginny adj.

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.

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

gin 3  (jn)
n.
Gin rummy.

gin 1
Noun
an alcoholic drink distilled from malted grain and flavoured with juniper berries [Dutch genever juniper]

gin 2
Noun
a noose of thin strong wire for catching small mammals [Middle English gyn]

gin 3
Noun
Austral offensive an Aboriginal woman [Aboriginal]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gingin - 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.gingin - a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
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.gingin - a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
4.gingin - a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points
rum, rummy - a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
Verb1.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

gin [dʒɪn] ngin m

gin [dʒɪn] nGin m

gin [dʒɪn] n (liquor) → gin m inv

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(술의 일종) džinas džins gin gin gin dżin gin gin джин džin gin džin gin เหล้าชนิดหนึ่ง cin 杜松子酒 джин ایک الکحلی مشروب rượu gin


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