Gin Definition

jĭn
gan, ginned, ginning, gins
noun
gins
A strong, aromatic alcoholic liquor distilled from rye and other grains and flavored with juniper berries.
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A similar liquor differently flavored.
Sloe gin.
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Alcoholic liquor generally.
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A machine for hoisting heavy objects.
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A snare, net, or trap, as for game or fish.
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verb
ginned, ginning, gins
To win in gin rummy with no unmatched cards left in one's hand, thus gaining additional points.
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To catch in a trap.
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To remove seeds from (cotton) with a gin.
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Used only in the phrase gin up,
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To begin.
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conjuntion
If; whether.
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Other Word Forms of Gin

Noun

Singular:
gin
Plural:
gins

Origin of Gin

  • Abbreviation of geneva or alternatively from Dutch genever (“juniper”) from the Old French genevre (French genièvre), from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). Hence Gin rummy (first attested 1941).

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration of geneva from Dutch jenever from Middle Dutch geniver juniper from Old French geneivre from Vulgar Latin iiniperus from Latin iūniperus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English ginnen, from Old English ginnan (“to open", "to cut open”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French short for engin skill engine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Dharug dyin, but having acquired a derogatory tone.

    From Wiktionary

  • Aphetism of Old French engin (“engine”).

    From Wiktionary

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