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gins Meaning & Definition

What Does Gins Mean?

Gins is a noun that means plural of gin. As a verb, it means third-person singular simple present indicative of gin. As a verb, it means To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.

Gins Definition (Noun)

  1. plural of gin

Gins as a Verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gin

Noun

  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. Gin rummy.
  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. A trick; a device or instrument.
  2. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
  3. A snare or trap for game.
  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.
  5. A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
  6. A pile driver.
  7. A windpump.
  8. A cotton gin.
  9. An instrument of torture worked with screws.

Verb

  1. To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
  2. To trap something in a gin.

Verb

  1. To begin.

Noun

  1. An Aboriginal woman.

Synonyms of Gins

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Gins in a Sentence

Johnny Chan held jack-nine, and hit gin when a queen-ten-eight board was dealt out.

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