Gin
noun
A type of alcoholic drink made with juniper berries.
We ordered two gin and tonics at the bar.
Often appears as...
- gin and tonic
- gin martini
noun
A machine that separates the seeds from cotton.
The cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the US.
Often appears as...
- cotton gin
- gin mill
Usage tips
Historical
verb
To remove the seeds from cotton using a machine.
The harvested cotton needs to be ginned before it can be used.
Often appears as...
- gin the cotton
- gin machine
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A trap or snare for game.
He set up a gin to catch rabbits.
Often appears as...
- rabbit gin
- hunting gin
noun
A type of alcoholic drink made with juniper berries.
We ordered two gin and tonics at the bar.
Often appears as...
- gin and tonic
- gin martini
noun
A machine that separates the seeds from cotton.
The cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the US.
Often appears as...
- cotton gin
- gin mill
Usage tips
Historical
verb
To remove the seeds from cotton using a machine.
The harvested cotton needs to be ginned before it can be used.
Often appears as...
- gin the cotton
- gin machine
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A trap or snare for game.
He set up a gin to catch rabbits.
Often appears as...
- rabbit gin
- hunting gin
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Cocktail Base
Gin is commonly used in cocktails and has a juniper flavor that mixes well with various ingredients.
Can you make a gin-based cocktail?
Pro Tip 2/3British Origins
Gin has strong historical roots in Britain, especially London, which can add cultural context when mentioned.
They visited a traditional London gin distillery.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Mixers
Gin is often mixed with tonic water or vermouth. Knowing popular mixers helps in understanding common uses.
Could you recommend a mixer for this dry gin?
Pro Tip 1/3Cocktail Base
Gin is commonly used in cocktails and has a juniper flavor that mixes well with various ingredients.
Can you make a gin-based cocktail?
Pro Tip 2/3British Origins
Gin has strong historical roots in Britain, especially London, which can add cultural context when mentioned.
They visited a traditional London gin distillery.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Mixers
Gin is often mixed with tonic water or vermouth. Knowing popular mixers helps in understanding common uses.
Could you recommend a mixer for this dry gin?
Pro Tip 1/3Cocktail Base
Gin is commonly used in cocktails and has a juniper flavor that mixes well with various ingredients.
Can you make a gin-based cocktail?
Pro Tip 2/3British Origins
Gin has strong historical roots in Britain, especially London, which can add cultural context when mentioned.
They visited a traditional London gin distillery.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Mixers
Gin is often mixed with tonic water or vermouth. Knowing popular mixers helps in understanding common uses.
Could you recommend a mixer for this dry gin?
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Success, failure and the...
just quitting the game and moving to the country to raise corgis. But if I had done that, if I had given up writing, I would have lost my beloved vocation, so I knew that the task was that I had to find some way to gin up the inspiration to write the next book regardless of its inevitable negative outcome.
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A brief history of...
Europeans brought brandy and gin to Africa and traded it for enslaved people, land, and goods like palm oil and rubber. Spirits became a form of money in these regions. During the Age of Exploration, spirits played a crucial role in long distance sea voyages.
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The life cycle of a...
where cotton seeds are sown, irrigated and grown for the fluffy bolls they produce. Self-driving machines carefully harvest these puffs, an industrial cotton gin mechanically separates the fluffy bolls from the seeds,
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Creating art that makes...
often think of gin cos the thinker and my youthful optimism is renewed as I continue to work on my synchronized swimmers I'm reminded that these figures here working together dispel the myths
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The healing power of...
masters give slaves gin as a way to prove to them that they can't handle freedom. Because slaves would be stumbling on the fields. Patrick said he related to this.
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How inventions change...
They were, of course, tragically mistaken. The reason was an invention, a machine they probably told you about in elementary Mr. Eli Whitney's cotton gin.
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AK’s and Alcohol PIPE...
was originally called war gin it's cheap available but sometimes fatal when homemade the alcohol has been blamed for blindness and death
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Filming Antarctica's...
it's a completely alien world when you go below the ice down into the world below the water is is gin clear this really
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Chris Abani on the...
This is for you, old man. This gin, this salty earth." Thank you.
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Safari Live - Day 368 PIPE...
Tristan did say gin seemed like super serious alarming
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Success, failure and the...
just quitting the game and moving to the country to raise corgis. But if I had done that, if I had given up writing, I would have lost my beloved vocation, so I knew that the task was that I had to find some way to gin up the inspiration to write the next book regardless of its inevitable negative outcome.
Video examples
A brief history of...
Europeans brought brandy and gin to Africa and traded it for enslaved people, land, and goods like palm oil and rubber. Spirits became a form of money in these regions. During the Age of Exploration, spirits played a crucial role in long distance sea voyages.
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
where cotton seeds are sown, irrigated and grown for the fluffy bolls they produce. Self-driving machines carefully harvest these puffs, an industrial cotton gin mechanically separates the fluffy bolls from the seeds,
Video examples
Creating art that makes...
often think of gin cos the thinker and my youthful optimism is renewed as I continue to work on my synchronized swimmers I'm reminded that these figures here working together dispel the myths
Video examples
The healing power of...
masters give slaves gin as a way to prove to them that they can't handle freedom. Because slaves would be stumbling on the fields. Patrick said he related to this.
Video examples
How inventions change...
They were, of course, tragically mistaken. The reason was an invention, a machine they probably told you about in elementary Mr. Eli Whitney's cotton gin.
Video examples
AK’s and Alcohol PIPE...
was originally called war gin it's cheap available but sometimes fatal when homemade the alcohol has been blamed for blindness and death
Video examples
Filming Antarctica's...
it's a completely alien world when you go below the ice down into the world below the water is is gin clear this really
Video examples
Chris Abani on the...
This is for you, old man. This gin, this salty earth." Thank you.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 368 PIPE...
Tristan did say gin seemed like super serious alarming
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Irma S. Rombauer
American Author
Most cocktails containing liquor are made today with gin and ingenuity. In brief, take an ample supply of the former and use your imagination. For the benefit of a minority, it is courteous to serve chilled fruit juice in addition to cocktails made with liquor.
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Barry Ritholtz
American Author
TV producers want ratings and are willing to do nearly anything to get them. They gin up artificial conflicts and create an urgency for even the most minor of economic data points.
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Lolly Adefope
Much has been written on the subject of self-care, and what truly counts as such; one woman's double gin and tonic is another woman's culturally appropriated yoga retreat.
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Bernard DeVoto
American Writer
The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.
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Ray Guy
American Athlete
I've written just about everything for the sake of putting shoes on the children's feet - and a bottle of gin in the cupboard.
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Alissa Quart
American Writer
Neurohumanities offers a way to tap the popular enthusiasm for science and, in part, gin up more funding for humanities.
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Roy Blount, Jr.
American Writer
A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.
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Phyllis Diller
American Comedian
The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.
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Denis Thatcher
British Businessman
I don't know what reception I'm at, but for God's sake give me a gin and tonic.
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Shirley MacLaine
American Actress
The mob taught me how to play gin rummy.
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Irma S. Rombauer
American Author
Most cocktails containing liquor are made today with gin and ingenuity. In brief, take an ample supply of the former and use your imagination. For the benefit of a minority, it is courteous to serve chilled fruit juice in addition to cocktails made with liquor.
Quote examples
Barry Ritholtz
American Author
TV producers want ratings and are willing to do nearly anything to get them. They gin up artificial conflicts and create an urgency for even the most minor of economic data points.
Quote examples
Lolly Adefope
Much has been written on the subject of self-care, and what truly counts as such; one woman's double gin and tonic is another woman's culturally appropriated yoga retreat.
Quote examples
Bernard DeVoto
American Writer
The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.
Quote examples
Ray Guy
American Athlete
I've written just about everything for the sake of putting shoes on the children's feet - and a bottle of gin in the cupboard.
Quote examples
Alissa Quart
American Writer
Neurohumanities offers a way to tap the popular enthusiasm for science and, in part, gin up more funding for humanities.
Quote examples
Roy Blount, Jr.
American Writer
A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.
Quote examples
Phyllis Diller
American Comedian
The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.
Quote examples
Denis Thatcher
British Businessman
I don't know what reception I'm at, but for God's sake give me a gin and tonic.
Quote examples
Shirley MacLaine
American Actress
The mob taught me how to play gin rummy.
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