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The definition of gin is a form of alcohol distilled from grain and flavored with juniper berries, or a card game that is a two-handed form of rummy, or a machine to remove seeds from cotton, or a specific type of special-purpose machine.

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Alcohol flavored with juniper berries is an example of gin.
A two-handed form of rummy is an example of gin.
A machine that separates the cotton fiber from the cotton seeds is an example of a cotton gin.
A machine for lifting and moving heavy objects is an example of a gin.

See gin in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a strong, aromatic alcoholic liquor distilled from rye and other grains and flavored with juniper berries
a similar liquor differently flavored: sloe gin
Archaic alcoholic liquor generally

Origin: < geneva

noun

a snare, net, or trap, as for game or fish
a machine for hoisting heavy objects
☆ cotton gin

Origin: ME, ingenuity, machine, aphetic < OFr engin, engine

transitive verb ginned, ginning

to catch in a trap
to remove seeds from (cotton) with a gin

transitive verb, intransitive verb gan, ginning

Archaic to begin

Origin: ME ginnen, aphetic form of beginnen (see begin) & onginnen (OE onginnan, to attempt)

conjunction

Scot. if; whether

Origin: ? contr. < given, infl. ? by Scot prep. gin, by (a certain time)

noun

☆ gin rummy

intransitive verb ginned, ginning

☆ to win in gin rummy with no unmatched cards left in one's hand, thus gaining additional points

intransitive verb

Slang used only in the phrase,

to generate, devise, etc.
to stir up, stimulate, enliven, etc.

Origin: phr. ? < old slang gin up, to become intoxicated < ginger ()

See gin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of geneva

Origin: , from Dutch jenever

Origin: , from Middle Dutch geniver, juniper

Origin: , from Old French geneivre

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *iiniperus

Origin: , from Latin iūniperus

Related Forms:

ginˈny adjective

noun

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.
A cotton gin.