A Quick and Simple Dictionary

gin

1. Noun.  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. Noun.  (uncountable) gin rummy.
3. Noun.  (poker) drawing the best card or combination of cards.
4. Noun.  (obsolete) A trick; a device or instrument.
5. Noun.  A snare or trap for game.
6. Noun.  A machine for hoisting or moving heavy objects.
7. Noun.  A pile driver.
8. Noun.  A windpump.
9. Noun.  A cotton gin.
10. Verb.  (transitive) To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
11. Verb.  (transitive) To trap something in a gin.
12. Verb.  To invent (via Irish), see gin up.
13. Verb.  (archaic) To begin.
14. Noun.  (Australia, ) An Aboriginal woman.