1. Strong liquor flavoured with juniper berries
   "In 18th century England, gin was nicknamed mother's ruin due to its popularity and perceived social effects";
   - mother's ruin [Brit, slang]
    
2. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
   "The invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry";
   - cotton gin
    
3. A form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points
   "They played gin rummy during their lunch break";
   - gin rummy, knock rummy
    
4. A noose used as trap for birds or small mammals
   "The poacher used a gin to trap game illegally";
   - snare, noose
    
5. [Austral, offensive] An Aboriginal woman
   "The use of 'gin' to refer to Aboriginal women is considered highly offensive and should be avoided"

1. Separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
   "Workers ginned the cotton before it was processed into fabric"
    
2. (hunting) trap with a snare
   "gin game"

Sounds like: gimp, gui, gin, djinn

Derived forms: ginned, ginning, gins

Type of: disunite, divide, ensnare, entrap, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn [informal], liquor, machine, part, rum, rummy, separate, snare, spirit [Brit], spirits [Brit], strong drink, trammel, trap

Part of: gin and it [Brit], gin and tonic, martini, pink lady

Encyclopedia: Gin, Mississippi