GIN in English dictionary

  • gin

    Meanings and definitions of "GIN"

    • 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.
    • (uncountable) gin rummy
    • (obsolete) A trick; a device or instrument.
    • A snare or trap for game.
    • A machine for hoisting or moving heavy objects.
    • A pile driver.
    • A windpump.
    • A cotton gin.
    • (transitive) To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
    • (transitive) To trap something in a gin.
    • (archaic) To begin.
    • (Australian) An Aboriginal woman.
    • noun
      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.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      Gin rummy.
    • noun
      (poker)
      Drawing the best card or combination of cards.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A trick; a device or instrument.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
    • noun
      A snare or trap for game.
    • noun
      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.
    • noun
      (mining)
      A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
    • noun
      A pile driver.
    • noun
      A windpump.
    • noun
      A cotton gin.
    • noun
      An instrument of torture worked with screws.
    • noun
      (Australia, now considered offensive)
      An Aboriginal woman.
    • verb
      (archaic)
      To begin.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To trap something in a gin.
    • alcoholic beverage
    • noun
      a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points
    • noun
      a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
    • noun
      a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
    • noun
      strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
    • verb
      separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
    • verb
      trap with a snare; "gin game"

    Synonyms of "GIN" in English dictionary

    gin rummy, disunite, divide are the top synonyms of "GIN" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of GIN

    • gin ( third-person singular simple present gins, present participle ginning, simple past gan, past participle gun)
    • gin ( countable and uncountable;  plural  gins)
    • gin ( plural  gins)
    • gin ( third-person singular simple present gins, present participle ginning, simple past and past participle ginned)
    • gin (plural gins)
    • gin (third-person singular simple present gins, present participle ginning, simple past gan, past participle gun)
    • gin (third-person singular simple present gins, present participle ginning, simple past and past participle ginned)
  • Gin

    Meanings and definitions of "GIN"

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