Gin

Quick meaning: Gin is a noun meaning (uncountable) Gin rummy.

Meaning

(uncountable) Gin rummy.

More Meanings

1. (poker) Drawing the best card or combination of cards.
2. A snare or trap for game.
3. (mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. (obsolete) A trick; a device or instrument.
7. (obsolete) A scheme; contrivance; artifice; a figurative trap or snare.

Example Sentences

treason and deceiptfull gin

It was the cry of a rabbit caught in a gin.

Johnny Chan held jack-nine, and hit gin when a queen-ten-eight board was dealt out.

The church dores were sparred, Fast boltyd and barryd, Yet wyth a prety gyn I fortuned to come in, […]

Word Forms

• gins
• ginning
• ginned

Synonyms for gin

Depending on context, synonyms include lubra, snare, noose.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include noose, snare, schnapps, sloe, juniper, fire.

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