1
: a colorless alcoholic beverage made from distilled or redistilled neutral grain spirits flavored with juniper berries and aromatics (such as anise and caraway seeds)
2
a
b
: the act of laying down a full hand of matched cards in gin rummy
ginned; ginning
1
: to come up with : generate
—usually used with up
gin up enthusiasm
2
: to separate (cotton fiber) from seeds and waste material
3
: snare
ginner
noun
dialect
: if
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
There are a bunch of other spirits available from Trillium as well, including gin, vodka, white rum, and two different kinds of amaro.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025
Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Not that some of them don’t taste good, but to me they’re not gin.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The fete featured a screening of the campaign film, seen below and shared to Beckham’s 88 million Instagram followers, with Golden Martinis crafted on-site by luxury gin brand Seventy One, and performances by DJs Mark Ronson and Honey Dijon.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
There are a bunch of other spirits available from Trillium as well, including gin, vodka, white rum, and two different kinds of amaro.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
In conjunction with a developer, the longtime owner would like to turn it into a 13-story apartment complex, in a plan ginned up well before City of Yes was passed.
—Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Not that some of them don’t taste good, but to me they’re not gin.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Gin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gin. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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gin
1 of 3 noungin
2 of 3 verb
ginned; ginning
: to separate (cotton fiber) from seeds and waste material
ginner
noun
gin
3 of 3 noun
: a clear strong alcoholic liquor flavored with juniper berries
Etymology
Noun
Middle English gin "a mechanical device, skill, trick," from early French engin (same meaning), from Latin ingenium "natural ability or desire to do something, inborn ability," from in "in" and -genium, from gignere "to father, beget" — related to engine, genius, ingenious
Noun
an altered form of earlier geneva "gin (liquor)," from obsolete Dutch genever, literally, "juniper"
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