What does Gin mean?

Definitions for Gin
dʒɪngin

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ginnoun

    strong liquor flavored with juniper berries

  2. snare, gin, noosenoun

    a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

  3. cotton gin, ginnoun

    a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers

  4. gin, gin rummy, knock rummyverb

    a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points

  5. ginverb

    separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin

  6. ginverb

    trap with a snare

    "gin game"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ginnoun

    Etymology: from engine.

    As the day begins,
    With twenty gins we will the small birds take,
    And pastime make. Philip Sidney, b. i.

    Which two, through treason and deceitful gin,
    Hath slain sir Mordant. Fairy Queen, b. ii.

    So strives the woodcock with the gin;
    So doth the cony struggle in the net. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

    Be it by gins, by snares, by subtilty. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

    If those, who have but sense, can shun
    The engines that have them annoy’d;
    Little for me had reason done,
    If I could not thy gins avoid. Ben Jonson, Forest.

    I know thy trains,
    Though dearly to my cost, thy gins and toils;
    No more on me have pow’r, their force is null’d. John Milton.

    He made a planetary gin,
    Which rats would run their own heads in,
    And come on purpose to be taken,
    Without th’ expence of cheese and bacon. Hudibras, p. ii.

    Keep from flaying scourge thy skin,
    And ankle free from iron gin. Hudibras, p. i. cant. 2.

    Typhæus’ joints were stretched on a gin. Fairy Queen.

    A bituminous plate, alternately yellow and black, formed by water driveling on the outside of the gin pump of Mostyn coalpits. John Woodward, on Fossils.

    This calls the church to deprecate our sin,
    And hurls the thunder of our laws on gin. Alexander Pope, Dial. 1.

    Thee shall each alehouse, thee each gillhouse mourn,
    And answ’ring gin shops sourer sighs return. Alexander Pope, Dunciad.

Wikipedia

  1. Gin

    Gin () is a distilled alcoholic drink that derives its flavour from juniper berries (Juniperus communis).Gin originated as a medicinal liquor made by monks and alchemists across Europe, particularly in southern Italy, Flanders and the Netherlands, to provide aqua vita from distillates of grapes and grains. It then became an object of commerce in the spirits industry. Gin became popular in England after the introduction of jenever, a Dutch and Belgian liquor that was originally a medicine. Although this development had been taking place since the early 17th century, gin became widespread after the 1688 Glorious Revolution led by William of Orange and subsequent import restrictions on French brandy. Gin subsequently emerged as the national alcoholic drink of England. Gin today is produced in different ways from a wide range of herbal ingredients, giving rise to a number of distinct styles and brands. After juniper, gin tends to be flavoured with botanical/herbal, spice, floral or fruit flavours or often a combination. It is commonly consumed mixed with tonic water in a gin and tonic. Gin is also often used as a base spirit to produce flavoured, gin-based liqueurs, for example sloe gin, traditionally produced by the addition of fruit, flavourings and sugar.

ChatGPT

  1. gin

    Gin is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage that derives its predominant flavor from juniper berries. It originated as a medicinal liquor made by monks and alchemists across Europe and has evolved to encompass various styles and flavors. In addition to juniper, it often includes a variety of botanicals like coriander, angelica, and lemon or orange peel.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ginnoun

    against; near by; towards; as, gin night

  2. Gin

    if

  3. Ginverb

    to begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan

  4. Ginnoun

    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. Ginnoun

    contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare

  6. Ginnoun

    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

  7. Ginnoun

    a hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim

  8. Ginnoun

    a machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin

  9. Ginverb

    to catch in a trap

  10. Ginverb

    to clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton

  11. Etymology: [See Gin, prep.]

Wikidata

  1. Gin

    Gin is a spirit which derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries. From its earliest beginnings in the Middle Ages, gin has evolved over the course of a millennium from a herbal medicine to an object of commerce in the spirits industry. Today, the gin category is one of the most popular and widely distributed range of spirits, and is represented by products of various origins, styles, and flavor profiles that all revolve around juniper as a common ingredient.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Gin

    jin, n. Same as Geneva, of which it is a contraction.—ns. Gin′-fizz, a drink of gin, lemon-juice, effervescing water, &c.; Gin-pal′ace, Gin′-shop, a shop where gin is sold; Gin′-sling, a cold beverage of gin and water, sweetened and flavoured.

  2. Gin

    jin, n. the name of a variety of machines, esp. one with pulleys for raising weights, &c.: a pump worked by rotary sails: (B.) a trap or snare.—v.t. to trap or snare: to clear cotton of its seeds by a machine:—pr.p. gin′ning; pa.p. ginned.—ns. Gin′-horse, a mill-horse; Gin′-house, a place where cotton is ginned. [Contr. from engine.]

  3. Gin

    jin, n. an Australian native woman.

  4. Gin

    gin, v.i. to begin.—n. Gin′ning, beginning.

  5. Gin

    gin, a prov. form of against.

  6. Gin

    gin, a Scotch form of gif=if.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. gin

    A small iron cruciform frame, having a swivel-hook, furnished with an iron sheave, to serve as a pulley for the use of chain in discharging cargo and other purposes.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. gin

    In military mechanics, is a machine for raising great weights: it is composed of three long legs, one of them being longer than the rest, and called the pry-pole. The other two are kept at a proper distance by means of two iron bars fixed on one of the legs by a staple passing through a hole at one end; the other end has a hook which enters into a staple fixed into the other leg so as to be taken off or put on at pleasure. At about 3 feet from the bottom is a windlass, upon which the cable is wound; and the three legs are joined together at the top by an iron bolt, about which they move; to this bolt is also fixed an iron clevis to which is hooked the blocks and fall. When the gin stands upright with legs at a proper distance, one end of the cable is fastened to a gun, mortar, or other weight; and the other passes through the pulleys and about the roller, which is turned round by means of hand-spikes passing through the holes in the end of the roller; whilst a man holds the cable tight, the gun is raised to the height required, so that the carriage may be put under it. The modern gin has a windlass with pawl and ratchet attachments. There are three different kinds of gins,—the field and siege, the garrison, and the casemate gins; and they only differ in their size and weight.

Rap Dictionary

  1. ginnoun

    Gin is slang for a pussy pump, for pump pussy.

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Etymology and Origins

  1. Gin

    Short for Geneva. Not after Geneva in Switzerland, because this is the national spirituous drink of the Dutch, called at first by them giniva, from the French genievre, juniper. Juniper berries were originally employed to flavour the spirit distilled from unmalted rye. The native name for Dutch gin is now Schiedam, after the town where it is made. Dutch gin brought to England is called Hollands.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GIN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gin is ranked #18354 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Gin surname appeared 1,509 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Gin.

    77.7% or 1,173 total occurrences were Asian.
    9.6% or 145 total occurrences were White.
    6.2% or 94 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    5.4% or 82 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.9% or 15 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Gin in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Gin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Gin in a Sentence

  1. Erma Bombeck:

    A child develops individuality long before he develops taste. I have seen my kid straggle into the kitchen in the morning with outfits that need only one accessory an empty gin bottle.

  2. Sam Galsworthy:

    It will be used in Raffles Singapore Slings but it's not anchored to one specific drink, gin is so versatile... I love it on the rocks or in a martini.

  3. Barack Obama:

    Everybody needs to chill out about the candidates, but gin up about the prospect of rallying behind whoever emerges from this process.

  4. Bob Nolet:

    James Bondspreferred martini is James Bondspreferred martini, judging by how often James Bondspreferred orders them in James Bondspreferred novels, james Bondspreferred orders 19 vodka martinis, 16 gin martinis and one Vesper martini, made with both.

  5. Monica Ruiz:

    When Ryan Reynolds ' and Ryan Reynolds ' production team called about Aviation Gin, they helped me find some humor in the situation.

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