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n. (food) | 1. gin | strong liquor flavored with juniper berries. |
| ~ juniper berries | berrylike cone of a common juniper; used in making gin. |
| ~ booze, hard drink, hard liquor, john barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink | an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented. |
| ~ bathtub gin | homemade gin especially that made illegally. |
| ~ sloe gin | gin flavored with sloes (fruit of the blackthorn). |
| ~ holland gin, hollands, geneva | gin made in the Netherlands. |
| ~ gin and tonic | gin and quinine water. |
| ~ martini | a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth. |
| ~ gin and it | a cocktail made of gin and sweet vermouth. |
| ~ pink lady | a cocktail made of gin and brandy with lemon juice and grenadine shaken with an egg white and ice. |
n. (artifact) | 2. gin, noose, snare | a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose. |
| ~ slipknot | a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made. |
| ~ trap | a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned. |
n. (artifact) | 3. cotton gin, gin | a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers. |
| ~ machine | any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks. |
n. (act) | 4. gin, gin rummy, knock rummy | a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points. |
| ~ rum, rummy | a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards. |
v. (contact) | 5. gin | separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin. |
| ~ disunite, separate, part, divide | force, take, or pull apart.; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" |
v. (contact) | 6. gin | trap with a snare.; "gin game" |
| ~ hunting, hunt | the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport. |
| ~ snare, trammel, ensnare, entrap, trap | catch in or as if in a trap.; "The men trap foxes" |
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