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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Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
The Autumn Negroni is, like a normal Negroni, made of gin, sweet vermouth and Campari, but then also adds Cynar, Fernet Branca, Orange Bitters, and Peychaud’s Bitters.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
The vice president deployed former President Barack Obama to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, another blue wall state, on Thursday to gin up support among black men.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Oct. 2024
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Noun
If so desired, it can be served in a large snifter typical of the Spanish-style gin and tonic, but in that case, only fill the glass halfway with ice, leaving plenty of room to savor the aromatics.
—Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
The Autumn Negroni is, like a normal Negroni, made of gin, sweet vermouth and Campari, but then also adds Cynar, Fernet Branca, Orange Bitters, and Peychaud’s Bitters.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
In an election that may hinge on tens of thousands of votes across a handful of states, almost any illicit advantage could arguably decide the outcome and gin up doubt about the results.
—Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
The vice president deployed former President Barack Obama to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, another blue wall state, on Thursday to gin up support among black men.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Gin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gin. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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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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