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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Scott Campbell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2025
Ingredients usually reserved for Greek salads and roast chickens are now stocked alongside bottles of whiskey and gin.
—Kevin Gray, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Of all the fictional shows ginned up on 30 Rock for a quick laugh, Sports Shouting never seemed the obvious choice for development into an actual series.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Spirits cover Tanqueray No. Ten gin, Rémy Martin VSOP cognac, Flor de Caña four-year white rum, Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch, cnd Cîroc vodka.
—Scott Campbell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2025
Ingredients usually reserved for Greek salads and roast chickens are now stocked alongside bottles of whiskey and gin.
—Kevin Gray, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
Do Her Parents Need to Know? Part of the reason for Mr. Musk’s petition and payouts has been to gin up controversy and attention from the news media.
—Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Of all the fictional shows ginned up on 30 Rock for a quick laugh, Sports Shouting never seemed the obvious choice for development into an actual series.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Gin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gin. Accessed 11 Apr. 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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