English Explanatory Dictionary

gin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.
  2. Gin rummy.
  3. Drawing the best card or combination of cards.
noun
  1. A trick; a device or instrument.
  2. A scheme; contrivance; artifice; a figurative trap or snare.
  3. A snare or trap for game.
  4. A machine for raising or moving heavy objects, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
  5. A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
  6. A pile driver.
  7. A windpump.
  8. A cotton gin.
  9. An instrument of torture worked with screws.
verb
  1. To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
  2. To trap something in a gin.
verb
  1. To begin.
noun
  1. An Aboriginal woman.
conj
  1. If.
noun
  1. An ethnic Vietnamese, in reference to those whose lands are in China.

Pronunciation

jĭn /d͡ʒɪn/ en-us-gin.ogg EN-AU ck1 gin.ogg /ɡɪn/

Word forms

gin gins ginning ginned gan gun Jing

Etymology

Abbreviation of geneva, alteration of Dutch genever (“juniper”) from Old French genevre (modern French genièvre), from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). Hence gin rummy (first attested 1941).

Synonyms

lubra Jing Kinh

Related words

genever juniper blackgin

Derived words

bathtub gin Dutch gin gin and French Gin and Gospel Gazette gin and Italian gin and it gin-and-It gin and tonic gin tonic gin berry gin blossom gin bottle gin bucket gin-clear gin fizz ginhouse gin joint ginless ginlike gin mill ginny gin palace gin pennant ginshop ginsoaked gin spinner gintini macaroni gin pink gin Ramos gin fizz sloe gin square gin tonic and gin gin block gin pole ginwright pitfall and gin roller gin saw gin whip gin ginner ginnery gin up blackgin gin burglar gin burglary gin hunter gin jockey gin shepherd gin stealer gin’s piss
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