Definitions for gindʒɪn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
gindʒɪn(n.)
an alcoholic liquor distilled or redistilled with juniper berries, orange peel, or other flavorings.
Category: Viniculture/Winemaking
Origin of gin:
1705–15; shortened from geneva
gindʒɪn(n.; v.)ginned, gin•ning.
Category: Textiles
Ref: cotton gin.
a trap or snare for game.
a machine employing simple tackle or windlass mechanisms for hoisting.
Category: Machinery
(v.t.)to clear (cotton) of seeds with a gin.
Category: Textiles
to snare (game).
Origin of gin:
1150–1200; < OF enginengine
gin′ner(n.)
gindʒɪn(n.)
Category: Games
Ref: Also called gin rummy.
a gin hand in which the cards are matched in sets, winning extra points.
Category: Games
Origin of gin:
1955–60; perh. gin1
Princeton's WordNet
gin(noun)
strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
snare, gin, noose(noun)
a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
cotton gin, gin(noun)
a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
gin, gin rummy, knock rummy(verb)
a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points
gin(verb)
separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
gin(verb)
trap with a snare
"gin game"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
gin(noun)ʒɪn
an alcoholic drink made from juniper berries, or a glass of this drink
imported gin
Webster Dictionary
Gin(noun)
against; near by; towards; as, gin night
Gin
if
Gin(verb)
to begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan
Gin(noun)
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
Gin(noun)
contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare
Gin(noun)
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
Gin(noun)
a hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim
Gin(noun)
a machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin
Gin(verb)
to catch in a trap
Gin(verb)
to clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton
Translations for gin
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
gin(noun)
a type of alcoholic drink made from grain and flavoured with juniper berries.
- jenewerAfrikaans
- جِن: مُسْكِر قَويArabic
- джинBulgarian
- gimPortuguese (BR)
- džinCzech
- der GinGerman
- ginDanish
- τζιν (ποτό)Greek
- ginebraSpanish
- dþinnEstonian
- مشروب الکلی جینFarsi
- giniFinnish
- ginFrench
- גיןHebrew
- जिन, मदिराHindi
- džinCroatian
- ginHungarian
- ginIndonesian
- ginIcelandic
- ginItalian
- ジンJapanese
- 진(호밀 등으로 만든 독한 증류주)Korean
- džinasLithuanian
- džinsLatvian
- ginMalay
- ginDutch
- ginNorwegian
- dżinPolish
- مشروب الکلی جینPersian
- جين ( يوډول شرابPashto
- ginPortuguese
- ginRomanian
- джинRussian
- džinSlovak
- ginSlovenian
- džinSerbian
- ginSwedish
- เหล้าชนิดหนึ่งThai
- cinTurkish
- 琴酒Chinese (Trad.)
- джинUkrainian
- ایک الکحلی مشروبUrdu
- rượu ginVietnamese
- 杜松子酒Chinese (Simp.)
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