The Meaning of gin

• (n.) Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.
• (conj.) If.
• (v. t.) To catch in a trap.
• (v. t.) To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.
• (v. i.) To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.
• (n.) A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; -- also called Hollands and Holland gin, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine.
• (n.) Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
• (n.) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
• (n.) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
• (n.) A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.

Synonyms

snare , noose , cotton gin , gin rummy , knock rummy

Homophones

djin , ginn , jin , jinn

Rhymes

adin , akin , allin , allphin , alpin , amylin , askin , aslin , astin , aswin , atkin , bedouin , been , begin , bergin , berlin , bihn , bin , binn , blinn , boleyn , bongjin , brin , brinn , bryn , buckskin , bushkin , chagrin , chang-hsin , chin , chinh , chinn , dechine , deerskin , din , eldwin , elkin , emlyn , ervin , erwin , fin , finn , finne , flinn , flynn , foreskin , ginn , glavine , glyn , glynn , grin , gwin , gwinn , gwyn , gwynn , gwynne , gyn , hamelin , has-been , herein , hinn , in , inn , itkin , jin , jocelin , joceline , jocelyn , jocelyne , kamin , katyn , kaylynn , kin , kingpin , kinn , kinne , knin , kyoung-min , levin , ligne , lin , linchpin , linh , linn , linne , lwin , lyn , lynn , mandolin , mcginn , mcguinn , mclin , mclinn , mcminn , mcquinn , mihn , min , minh , pigskin , pin , pinn , prynne , puffin , qian , qin , quin , quinn , redskin , rinn , rinne , schwinn , sheepskin , shin , shinn , sin , sinn , skin , solzhenitsyn , spin , syn , tailspin , therein , thin , tin , trinh , twin , underpin , underspin , verduin , vin , violin , when , wherein , win , winn , winne , within , wynn , wynne , yalin , yan-bin , yin