Definition of Gin
1. Noun. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
Generic synonyms: Booze, Hard Drink, Hard Liquor, John Barleycorn, Liquor, Spirits, Strong Drink
Specialized synonyms: Bathtub Gin, Sloe Gin, Geneva, Holland Gin, Hollands
Substance meronyms: Gin And Tonic, Martini, Gin And It, Pink Lady
2. Verb. Separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin.
3. Noun. A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose.
4. Verb. Trap with a snare. "Gin game"
5. Noun. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers.
6. Noun. A form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points.
Definition of Gin
1. prep. Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.
2. conj. If.
3. v. i. To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.
4. n. A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; -- also called Hollands and Holland gin, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine.
5. n. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
6. v. t. To catch in a trap.
Definition of Gin
1. to begin [v GAN, GUNNEN, GINNING, GINS] / to remove seeds from cotton [v GINNED, GINNING, GINS] - See also: begin
Medical Definition of Gin
1.
1. To catch in a trap.
2. To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.
Origin: Ginned; Ginning.
1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
2. A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
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