Definitions of gin [ʒɪn]

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Definition of 'gin'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) gin
an alcoholic liquor distilled or redistilled with juniper berries, orange peel, or other flavorings.

2. (n.) gin
a trap or snare for game.

3. gin
a machine employing simple tackle or windlass mechanisms for hoisting.

4. (v.t.) gin
to clear (cotton) of seeds with a gin.

5. gin
to snare (game).

6. (n.) gin
a gin hand in which the cards are matched in sets, winning extra points.

Etymology: (1955–60; perh. gin¹)

Definition of 'gin'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) gin
strong liquor flavored with juniper berries

2. (noun) snare, gin, noose
a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

3. (noun) cotton gin, gin
a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers

4. (verb) gin, gin rummy, knock rummy
a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points

5. (verb) gin
separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin

6. (verb) gin
trap with a snare
"gin game"

Definition of 'gin'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) gin
an alcoholic drink made from juniper berries, or a glass of this drink
imported gin

Definition of 'gin'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) gin
against; near by; towards; as, gin night

2. (noun) gin
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

3. (noun) gin
contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare

4. (noun) gin
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

5. (noun) gin
a hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim

6. (noun) gin
a machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin

7. gin
if

8. (verb) gin
to begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan

9. (verb) gin
to catch in a trap

10. (verb) gin
to clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton

Translation of 'gin'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a type of alcoholic drink made from grain and flavoured with juniper berries.
Afrikaans: jenewer	Arabic: جِن: مُسْكِر قَوي	Bulgarian: джин
Brazilian: gim	Czech: džin	German: der Gin
Danish: gin	Greek: τζιν (ποτό)	Spanish: ginebra
Estonian: dþinn	Farsi: مشروب الکلی جین	Finnish: gini
French: gin	Hebrew: גין	Hindi: जिन, मदिरा
Croatian: džin	Hungarian: gin	Indonesian: gin
Icelandic: gin	Italian: gin	Japanese: ジン
Korean: 진(호밀 등으로 만든 독한 증류주)	Lithuanian: džinas	Latvian: džins
Malay: gin	Dutch: gin	Norwegian: gin
Polish: dżin	Persian: مشروب الکلی جین	Pashto: جين ( يوډول شراب
Portuguese: gin	Romanian: gin	Russian: джин
Slovak: džin	Slovenian: gin	Serbian: džin
Swedish: gin	Thai: เหล้าชนิดหนึ่ง	Turkish: cin
Taiwanese: 琴酒	Ukrainian: джин	Urdu: ایک الکحلی مشروب
Vietnamese: rượu gin	Chinese: 杜松子酒
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