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Meaning of 'gin' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Gin [ conj.]
- If.
2 . Gin [ n.]
- Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.
- 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.
- Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
- 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.
- A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
- A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.
3 . Gin [ v. i.]
- To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.
4 . Gin [ v. t.]
- To catch in a trap.
- To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.

Meaning of 'gin' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . gin [ v]
Meaning (1):
- trap with a snare
Example in sentence:
  • gin game

Nearby Words:

ging gingal ginger gingerbread gingerly gingerness gingham ginging gingival gingle

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