gin Definition

gin¹
noun

1. An alcoholic spirit made from barley, rye or maize and flavoured with juniper berries.

Etymology: 18c: from Dutch genever juniper.

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gin²
noun

1. A wire noose laid as a snare or trap for catching game.

Form: gin trap (also)
2. A cotton gin.
3. The building in which a cotton gin is housed.
4. A hoisting machine, especially one equipped with a windlass, pulleys and ropes.

verb ginned, ginning

1. To snare or trap (game) in a gin.
2. To remove (the seeds) from raw cotton using a cotton gin.

Etymology: 13c: from French engin engine or ingenuity.

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gin³
noun

1. An Australian Aboriginal woman.

Etymology: 19c: from Aboriginal diyin a woman or wife.

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gin⁴ gin rummy

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gin rummy
gin
noun

1. cards.
A type of rummy in which players have the option of ending the round at any time when their unmatched cards count ten or less, though they may decide not to do so for tactical reasons.