1. n. an alcoholic spirit distilled from grain or malt and flavoured with juniper berries.
Phrases and idioms:
gin rummy a form of the card-game rummy.
Etymology: abbr. of GENEVA 2. n. & v.
--n.
1. a snare or trap.
2 a machine for separating cotton from its seeds.
3 a kind of crane and windlass.
--v.tr. (ginned, ginning)
1. treat (cotton) in a gin.
2 trap.
Derivatives:
ginner n.
Etymology: ME f. OF engin ENGINE 3. n. Austral. an Aboriginal woman.
Etymology: Aboriginal