gin

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US /d͡ʒɪn/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like gene /ɪ/ vs /iː/

Freq #5432

Meanings

1

verb
trap with a snare

Gin game.
2

noun
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.
3

noun
A scheme; contrivance; artifice; a figurative trap or snare.

The church dores were sparred, Fast boltyd and barryd, Yet wyth a prety gyn I fortuned to come in, […].
4

noun
A snare or trap for game.

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

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Word family

Derived forms gin-and-itgin-clearginhouseginlessginlikeginnyginshopginsoakedgintiniginwright

Related forms geneverjuniper

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gin rummy
a card game in which players form sets and reduce unmatched cards

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Gin arose in the early 18th century as a shortening of genever, the Dutch form of Old French genevre, “juniper.” The name refers to the juniper used to flavour the drink.

Etymology

Partly from Middle English gin, ginne (“cleverness, scheme, talent, device, machine”), from Old French gin, an aphetism of Old French engin (“engine”); and partly from Middle English grin, grine (“snare, trick, stratagem, deceit, temptation, noose, halter, instrument”), from Old English grin, gryn, giren (“snare, gin, noose”).

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# gin

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /d͡ʒɪn/
**Frequency rank:** 5432

## Meanings
1. trap with a snare
2. Drawing the best card or combination of cards.
3. A scheme; contrivance; artifice; a figurative trap or snare.
4. A snare or trap for game.

## Examples
- Gin game.
- 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, […].
- It was the cry of a rabbit caught in a gin.

## Derived Forms
- gin-and-it
- gin-clear
- ginhouse
- ginless
- ginlike
- ginny
- ginshop
- ginsoaked
- gintini
- ginwright

## Related Forms
- genever
- juniper

## Etymology
Partly from Middle English gin, ginne (“cleverness, scheme, talent, device, machine”), from Old French gin, an aphetism of Old French engin (“engine”); and partly from Middle English grin, grine (“snare, trick, stratagem, deceit, temptation, noose, halter, instrument”), from Old English grin, gryn, giren (“snare, gin, noose”).

## Topics
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