gin
A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as…A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.
» I'd like a gin and tonic.
Ich hätte gern einen Gin Tonic.
Джин с тоником, пожалуйста.
Meaning
13 senses(countable, uncountable)A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.
Gin
джинdžin
джинdžyn
(uncountable)Gin rummy.
(countable, uncountable)Drawing the best card or combination of cards.
Johnny Chan held jack-nine, and hit gin when a queen-ten-eight board was dealt out.
A snare or trap for game.
Fangeisen, Tellereisen
западня́zapadnjá, капка́нkapkán, лову́шкаlovúška
A machine for raising or moving heavy objects, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
лебёдкаlebjódka, во́ротvórot
A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
A pile driver.
A windpump.
A cotton gin.
An instrument of torture worked with screws.
(Australia, ethnic, slur)An Aboriginal woman.
(obsolete)A trick; a device or instrument.
- a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points
- strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
- a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
- a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
Examples
39 sentencesI'd like a gin and tonic.
ruДжин с тоником, пожалуйста. — o_my_gosh
deIch hätte gern einen Gin Tonic. — Zaghawa
I want a gin and tonic.
Would you like a gin rickey?
What I want is a gin and tonic.
ruЧего я хочу, так это джина с тоником. — sharptoothed
Tom and Mary played gin rummy last night.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
Abbreviation of geneva, alteration of Dutch genever (“juniper”) from Old French genevre (mAbbreviation of geneva, alteration of Dutch genever (“juniper”) from Old French genevre (modern French genièvre), from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). Hence gin rummy (first attested 1941).
Partly from Middle English gin, ginne (“cleverness, scheme, talent, device, machine”), from Old French gin, an aphetism of Old French engin (“engine”); and partly from Middle English grin, grine (“snare, trick, stratagem, deceit, temptation, noose, halter, instrument”), from Old English grin, gryn, giren (“snare, gin, noose”).
Borrowed from Dharug dyin (“woman”), but having acquired a derogatory tone.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: ginsSynonyms
6 synonyms- a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points:gin rummyknock rummy
- a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers:cotton gin
- a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose:snarenoose
Word family
34 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable