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Gins

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.

📖 Definitions of "Gins"

noun
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    Gin rummy.

  3. 3

    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."

noun
  1. 1

    A trick; a device or instrument.

  2. 2

    Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.

  3. 3

    A snare or trap for game.

  4. 4

    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.

verb
  1. 1

    To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.

  2. 2

    To trap something in a gin.

verb
  1. 1

    To begin.

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