Gin

Definition: Gin

Gin

Noun

1. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.

2. A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose.

3. A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers.

4. A form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points.

Verb

1. Separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin.

2. Trap with a gin; "gin game".

Date "gin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	GIN A special-purpose macro assembler used to build the GEORGE 3 operating system for ICL1900 series computers. (1994-11-02). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Bible	Gin a trap. (1.) Ps. 140:5, 141:9, Amos 3:5, the Hebrew word used, _mokesh_, means a noose or "snare," as it is elsewhere rendered (Ps. 18:5; Prov. 13:14, etc.). (2.) Job 18:9, Isa. 8:14, Heb. pah, a plate or thin layer; and hence a net, a snare, trap, especially of a fowler (Ps. 69: 22, "Let their table before them become a net;" Amos 3:5, "Doth a bird fall into a net [pah] upon the ground where there is no trap-stick [mokesh] for her? doth the net [pah] spring up from the ground and take nothing at all?", Gesenius.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Food & Agriculture	Distilled spirit generally containing the aromatic principles of juniper berries. Source: European Union. (references)
	Raw cotton is the tighly packed baled cotton as it comes from the -- with seeds removed. Source: European Union. (references)
	In some countries cotton is grown so near the mills that it can be ginned and carried to the spinner loose in farm wagon. Source: European Union. (references)
	A hoisting and loading device consisting of block and tackle suspended from the top of a tripod of poles. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. A pump worked by a windlass b. A pile-driving machine c. A drum framework and pulleys for hoisting mineral from a shallow shaft d. Horse gear for hoisting through a mine shaft e. A small, hand-cranked hoist f. Eng. A drum and framework carrying pulleys, by which the ore and waste are raised from a shallow pit; a whim. Also called horse gin. A contraction of engine. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
GIN	English	Republic of Guinea	Geography, Law
GIN	French	République de Guinée	Geography, Law
GIN	German	Republik Guinea	Geography, Law
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Gin

Synonyms: cotton gin (n), gin rummy (n), knock rummy (n), noose (n), snare (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Abode	Assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot house, mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house, cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop, dive, exchange; grill room, saloon, shebeen; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada; almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse.
Deception	Snare, trap, pitfall, decoy, gin; springe, springle; noose, hoot; bait, decoy-duck, tub to the whale, baited trap, guet-a-pens; cobweb, net, meshes, toils, mouse trap, birdlime; dionaea, Venus's flytrap; ambush; trapdoor, sliding panel, false bottom; spring-net, spring net, spring gun, mask, masked battery; mine; flytrap; green goods; panel house.
Demon	Vampire, ghoul; afreet, barghest, Loki; ogre, ogress; gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev, lamia; bogie, bogeyman, bogle; nis, kobold, flibbertigibbet, fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin; Puck, Robin Goodfellow; leprechaun, Cluricaune, troll, dwerger, sprite, ouphe, bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon, will-o'-the wisp.
Drunkenness	Drunkard, sot, toper, tippler, bibber, wine-bibber, lush; hard drinker, gin drinker, dram drinker; soaker, sponge, tun; love pot, toss pot; thirsty soul, reveler, carouser, Bacchanal, Bacchanalian; Bacchal, Bacchante; devotee to Bacchus; bum, guzzler, tavern haunter.
	Drink; alcoholic drinks; blue ruin, grog, port wine; punch, punch bowl; cup, rosy wine, flowing bowl; drop, drop too much; dram; beer; (beverage); aguardiente; apple brandy, applejack; brandy, brandy smash; chain lightning, champagne, gin, ginsling; highball, peg, rum, rye, schnapps, sherry, sling, uisquebaugh, usquebaugh, whisky, xeres.
Food	Wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail; gin; (intoxicating liquor); coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep; near beer. beer, non-alcoholic beverage.
Instrument	Instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill; air engine, caloric engine, heat engine.
Receptacle	Cistern; (store); vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Gin

English words defined with "gin": bathtub gin, Blue ruin ♦ Collins, common juniper ♦ Eli Whitney, ethyl alcohol ♦ Gan, gimlet, gin and it, gin and tonic, Gin block, Gin power, Gin race, gin rickey, Gin ring, Gin saw, gin sling, Gin wheel, Ginned, Ginning, Ginshop, Gon, Gyn, Gynno ♦ Harvey Wallbanger ♦ juniper berries, Juniperus communis ♦ martini, monkey wheel, moodily ♦ neutral spirits ♦ pink lady, Pry pole ♦ Roller gin ♦ Saw gin, Schiedam, sloe gin, sour, Springe ♦ Tom Collins ♦ vodka martini ♦ whip gin, Whitney. (references)

Specialty definitions using "gin": BARREL FILLER I, BLUE TAPE ♦ COBBLERS PUNCH, Cobbler's Punch, Cotton Gin, crane rigger ♦ DIDDLE, DISTILLING-DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR, Dog's-nose, drying shed ♦ FROG'S WINE ♦ Geneva Bible, Geneva Print, gin pit, GIN SPINNER, ginned lint, Go of Gin ♦ HEART'S EASE, hook tender, horse gear ♦ J. J, JACKEY ♦ LADY DACRE'S WINE ♦ MASH-TUB-COOKER OPERATOR, MAX ♦ Old Tom, O'Lynn ♦ prypole ♦ RAG WATER ♦ SKY BLUE, Stimulants of Great Men, STRIP ME NAKED ♦ tightly packed baled cotton, TLAs ♦ water gin, WHITE RIBBIN ♦ yard rigger, YARD WORKER. (references)

Etymologies containing "gin": Juniper. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Gin" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (gin), German (gin), Hungarian (gin), Indonesian (gin), Italian (gin), Luxembourgish (give, go), Romanian (gin), Scottish (beget, no one, nobody, none : gin), Swedish (gin).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	And what am I supposed to do, go back to taxi dancin', ten cents so some slob could sweat gin all over me (A League of Their Own; writing credit: Kim Wilson; Kelly Candaele) Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison) Get me a bromide - and put some gin in it (The Women; writing credit: Anita Loos) Libido, inferiority complex, stinko, blotto, free love, bathtub gin, monkey glands, Karl Marx is he one of the Marx Brothers (Auntie Mame; writing credit: Betty Comden; Patrick Dennis) Yours was gin and ginger ale, right (Hopscotch; writing credit: Bryan Forbes; Brian Garfield)
Lyrics	Makin' love to his tonic and gin ("Piano Man"; performing artist: Billy Joel) A Muslim sleeping with the gin (Doo Wop (That Thing); performing artist: Lauryn Hill) The boys say they want some gin and juice (Mambo No. 5 (a little bit of ...); performing artist: Lou Bega) He found him in Mombassa in a barroom drinking gin (Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner; performing artist: Warren Zevon; writing credit: Warren Zevon & David Lindell c. 1976 Zevon Music, BMI)
Clever	Water is composed of two gins, Oxygin and Hydrogin. Oxygin is pure gin. Hydrogin is gin and water. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Gin yeoro (1966) Rickety Gin (1927) The Gin Game (2003) Gin and Tonic (2003) Yau gin yuen ga (1988)
Song Titles	Gin And Juice (performing artist: Snoop Doggy Dogg)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Gin (reference) The World Market for Gin and Geneva: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Classic Gin (Classic Drinks Series) (reference) Gin Lane (reference) How to Win a Gin Rummy: Playing for Fun and Profit (reference) Play Gin To Win (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Bombay Gin (reference) Cotton Gin & Oil Mill Press (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Gin Blossoms - Just South of Nowhere (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Outside Looking In: The Best Of Gin Blossoms (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Poker Face Paul's Gin (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Erecting a 100-foot Raydist tower with a 30-foot gin pole Party off of PATHFINDER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Setting up a Raydist tower Preparing the gin pole - basically a large lever arm Party off of wire drag vessels WAINWRIGHT and HILGARD Photograph #2 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Cotton gin. Credit: USDA.		Bringing a wagon load of cotton into the gin. Greene county, GA. October 1941. Credit: USDA.
	Gin Lane Designed by W. Hogarth. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Cotton gin at Dahomey, Miss. Credit: Library of Congress.
	A scene on gin day, Mount Hope, Ala. / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by G.B. Anchor..		Port Royal Island, S.C. African Americans preparing cotton for the gin on Smith's plantation. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Interior of cotton gin. Credit: Library of Congress.		Cotton gin at Dahomey, Miss. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish	Douglas Adams	Listen, bud, said Ford, "if I had one Altairan dollar for every time I heard one bit of the Universe look at another bit of the Universe and say `That's terrible' I wouldn't be sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin."
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	And clean white cotton, going to the gin.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Ukraine	The best prospects for U.S. companies include: pipeline construction equipment (compressors and pumps for pipeline applications+ADs- gas transmission systems+ADs- gas pipeline leaks control systems+ADs- gas pipe fittings and applications+ADs- welding machines, cranes, pipe-cleaning equipment, and line trend machines)+ADs- advanced and highly efficient oil and gas exploration and drilling equipment and technologies (pontoons supported on columns, hoisting cranes, drilling rigs, bits, electric motors, winch rollers, rotary tables, sheds, hoisting blocks, monkey boards, crown blocks, gin holes, shackles, cutting, roller and diamond bits, casing sleeves, chemicals, stimulation technologies, modern 3-D seismic, particularly for offshore projects where Ukrainian technology is very limited)+ADs- equipment for atmospheric-vacuum oil refining+ADs- modernization and increasing of hydro-cracking and catalytic cracking capacities+ADs- units for catalytic transformation of distillates+ADs- industrial automation, control and monitoring systems for refineries, gas processing and petrochemical plants+ADs- desulfurization and quality control facilities+ADs- safety systems+ADs- fuel dispensers, fuel storage tanks, fuel level monitoring and accounting systems. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Gin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.22% of the time. "Gin" is used about 502 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	97.22%	488	12,253
Noun (proper)	2.39%	12	101,599
Unclassified Items	0.2%	1	339,140
Noun (common)	0.2%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	502	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "gin" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Gin	Last name	300	25,572
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "gin": bathtub gin ♦ cotton gin ♦ gin and it ♦ gin and tonic ♦ Gin block ♦ gin mill ♦ gin palace ♦ Gin power ♦ Gin race ♦ gin rickey ♦ Gin ring ♦ Gin rummy ♦ Gin saw ♦ gin sling ♦ Gin wheel ♦ Holland gin ♦ lifting gin ♦ pink gin ♦ roller gin ♦ saw gin ♦ sloe gin ♦ to set a gin ♦ trap snare or gin ♦ whim gin ♦ whip gin. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "gin": gin-addicted, gin-aholic, gin-and-lime, gin-and-tonic, gin-and-tonics, gin-and-water, gin-clear, gin-drinking, gin-filled, gin-flames, gin-guzzling, gin-inspired, gin-palace, gin-palaces, gin-rin, gin-shop, gin-soaked, gin-sodden, gin-swilling, gin-thirsty, gin-traps.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "gin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		grackë (booby trap, cobweb, deadfall, decoy, hook, mantrap, mesh, net, noose, pitfall, rat-trap, snare, springe, trap), xhin, makinë zhveshëse pambuku, kurth (corral, deadfall, decoy, hook, mantrap, mesh, net, noose, pitfall, plant, rat-trap, snare, springe, trap, wile). (various references)

Arabic		‏فخ (snare, trap), ‏محلج قطن, ‏مرفاع (crane, winch, windlass), ‏نوع نبيذ مسكر, ‏شرك (booby trap, catch, cobwebby, decoy, entanglement, hook, let smb. into, mantrap, morass, net, paneling, pitfall, polytheism, snare, trammel, trap). (various references)

Bulgarian		туземка, клопка (ambush, booby trap, net, pitfall, snare, toils, trap, web), маган (wolf), жена (female, frail, heifer, hen, lady, lay, muslin, petticoat, piece, placket, rib, skirt, woman), лебедка (gig, hoist, winch), джин (eyewater). (various references)

Chinese		杜松子酒 . (various references)

Czech		jalovcová, džin, borovièka. (various references)

Danish		topdelen,som er den oeverste sektion af boretaarnet,bruges foerst og fremmest til at hejse topblokken paa plads (is used principally for hoisting the crown block into place, located at the extreme top of the derrick, the gin pole), laeder til bomuldsegreneringsmaskiner (gin leather, ginning leather), kranbil (crane truck, gin truck, gin-pole truck), hejsebom (gin pole, standing derrick), de enkelte dele af et boretaarn er topdelen,topblokdaekket,topblokaabningen,taarnmaendenes arbejdsplatform,ben,tvaerstivere og skraastivere samt stiger (braces and ladder, crow's nest, derrick man's working platform, girts, legs, the component parts of the derrick are gin pole, water table), buk (bent, bracket, cannon pot, holder, holding device, horse, jockey pot, lifting gin, mounting, mounting bracket, sheer legs, skittle pot, support, trestle, tripod, wooden framework), bomuldsskallemaskine (cotton gin, cotton huller), bomuldsrensemaskine (cotton gin, cotton huller), bomuldsegreneringsmaskine (cotton gin, cotton huller). (various references)

Dutch		klare, jenever (geneva). (various references)

Esperanto		ĝino. (various references)

Farsi		پنبه راپاک کردن , ماشین پنبه پاک کنی , ماشین (Apparatus, Engine, Machine, Mechanism, Mill, Motor, Plant), گرفتارساختن , حیله وفن , عرق جوسیاه , جین , جرثقیل پایه دار, افزار (Gear, Implement, Tool). (various references)

Finnish		sylinterinahka (gin leather, ginning leather), mobiilinosturi (crane truck, gin truck, gin-pole truck), ajoneuvonosturi (crane truck, gin truck, gin-pole truck). (various references)

French		gin, piège, égreneuse de coton (cotton gin), égrener. (various references)

German		Gin (Guinea, Republic of Guinea), Wacholderbranntwein. (various references)

Greek		εκκοκκίζω (stone). (various references)

Hebrew		מלכודת (booby trap, decoy, net, snare, trap), יין שרף (brandy, whisky). (various references)

Hungarian		gin, csapda (ambuscade, ambush, bailed hook, catch, decoy, man-trap, net, nett, noose, pit, pitfall, snare, track, trap), újra (afresh, again, all over again, anew, newly, once more, reinvasion, to call back, to hash, to reassign, to recharge, to re-dress, to re-enter, to refit, to rejoin, to remount, to repack, to restart), bennszülött asszony, bennszülött nő, borókapálinka (daffy, Hollands), csörlő (capstan, crab, recoiler, reel, winch, windlass), csalfaság, újból (again, anew, newly, once again, over again, to recur, to re-enter, to reinstate, to reintroduce, to rejuvenate, to remarry), felvonóbak, vitla (recoiler), gyapotmagtalanító gép, ha (an, beshrew me if, by hook or by crook, by hook or crook, don't take it unkindly if, except, except for, ha, how about you and me hitching up together?, if, I'll be blowed if, I'll be damned if, I'll be shot if, I'll eat my hat if, I'm a dutchman if, it does no good to, it is bad luck to, let me die if, low-voiced, provided that, what boots it to), ismét (afresh, again, all over again, anew, once more), járgány (capstan), kelepce (bailed hook, dead-fall, net, nett, noose, paddle, pitfall, snare, trap), nőstény (bitch, female, queen), néger prostituált, ravasz trükk (gimmick), emelő (elevator, erector, hoist, jack, lever, to lever sg up). (various references)

Indonesian		gin, sopi, perangkap (ambush, decoy, pitfall, snare, trap), keran, jenewer, arak (arrack, geneva, liquor, rice wine). (various references)

Italian		gin, trappola (net, pitfall, snare, trap), elevatore (elevator, lift, paternoster). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ジョセフソン素子 (a stein, a tankard, amug, bit by bit, cardigan, dilemma, dilettante, dish with mutton and vegetables, Genghis Khan, gin fizz, ginger, ginger ale, giraffe, jin, jingoism, jinx, jitterbug, job, job enlargement, job enrichment, job menu, job rotation, job title, jobhopper, jockey, jodhpurs, John, John Bull, John Travolta, Josephson device, riding breeches, suit, suitcase, super, super high decker, super Schottky diode, super size wide screen, super woofer, supercar, supercharger, supercomputer, superhighway, superimpose, superjet, supermarket, supermarket chain, supernova, super-size, supersonic, superstar, superstation, superstore, supertanker, superviser, supervisor, superwoman, synthesis, vest, waistcoat, Zimbabwe, Zinjanthropus, zirconium). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ジン (jin). (various references)

Korean		진 (JEAN). (various references)

Manx		jeneeve (hollands). (various references)

Norwegian		aquavit. (various references)

Papiamen		zjenever, yanefer. (various references)

Pig Latin		ingay.(various references)

Polish		jałowcówka, dżin. (various references)

Portuguese		gim. (various references)

Romanian		gin, prinde în cursã (mesh, trap), maşinã de egrenat bumbac, laţ (lath, link, loop, noose, sling, snare, springe, trap, wire), egrena, da bumbacul la maşinã, cursã (ambush, chase, course, decoy, drive, errand, journey, pit, pitfall, race, races, ride, riding, run, running, snare, springe, stroke, take in, the dogs, toil, trap), capcanã (catcher, death trap, decoy, hook, net, noose, pit fall, pitfall, snare, toil, trap, wait), bãuturã din malţ, bãuturã din ienupãr. (various references)

Russian		джин (geneva 2, genie, jinn, jinnee). (various references)

Scottish		sineubhar. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zamka (bight, catch, deadfall, mesh, noose, pitfall, snare, springe, trap), džin (giant, titan), čekrk (crab, tackle, winch, winder, windlass). (various references)

Spanish		ginebra (bedlam, Geneva, uproar). (various references)

Swedish		genever (geneva, Hollands), gin. (various references)

Thai		ใช้บ่วงดักสัตว์, เหล้าชนิดหนึ่ง, เครื่องปั่นฝ้าย, บ่วงดักสัตว์. (various references)

Turkish		tuzak (a warm corner, ambuscade, ambush, catch, cobweb, come on, complot, decoy, hook, lure, net, noose, snare, springe, toil, toilets, toils, trap, wire), tuzağa düşürmek (ambuscade, circumvent, decoy, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, mesh, net, snare, springe, trammel, trap), pamuğun çekirdeklerini ayıklamak, kapana kıstırmak (ensnare, set a snare for smb., snare, trap, wire), kapan (snare, springe, trap, wire), cin (clever person, demon, elf, Geneva, genie, gnome, Goblin, gremlin, hob, hobgoblin, Hollands, jinnee, puck, sprite, white satin), asil yerli kadın, ağ (cobweb, dragnet, filet, fishnet, graticule, mesh, net, netting, network, plexus, reticular, spider's web, spiderweb, system, tissue), çırçır makinesi (carding machine, cotton gin). (various references)

Ukrainian		сільце (toils), ловити сільцем, піднімальна лебідка, пастка (await, booby trap, catch, deadfall, decoy, leash, net, noose, save-all, trap, trepan), джин (genie, satin). (various references)

Vietnamese		trục nâng, rượu gin cạm bẫy. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	juniperus. (various references)
Dutch	700-Modern	genever. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	gin. (various references)
Middle English	1100-1500	gin. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Job Chapter 18, Verse 9
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Elqoisan de ep' auton pagideV katiscusei ep' auton diywntaV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Tenebitur planta illius laqueo et exardescet contra eum sitis
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	His sole shal ben holde with a grene; and thrist shal brenne out ayen hym.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Job Chapter 18, Verse 9
Albanian	Një çark e kap nga thembra dhe një lak e mban fort.
Cebuano	Usa ka bitik magasakmit kaniya sa iyang tikod, Ug usa ka laang magagapus kaniya.
Croatian	Tanka mu je zamka nogu uhvatila, i evo, užeta èvrsto ga pritežu.
Danish	Fælden griber om Hælen, Garnet holder ham fast;
Dutch	De strik zal hem bij de verzenen vatten; de struikrover zal hem overweldigen.
Finnish	Paula tarttuu hänen kantapäähänsä, ansa käy häneen kiinni;
French	Il est saisi au piège par le talon, Et le filet s`empare de lui;
German	Der Strick wird seine Ferse halten, und die Schlinge wird ihn erhaschen.
Hungarian	A sarka tõrbe akad, és kelepcze fogja meg õt.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tumitnya terjerat oleh perangkap, sehingga tertangkaplah ia.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tumitnya akan dipegang jerat dan jala-jalapun akan menangkap dia.
Italian	Un laccio l'afferrerà per il calcagno, un nodo scorsoio lo stringerà.
Maori	Ka mau tona rekereke i te tawhiti, a ka hopukia ia e te mahanga.
Norwegian	En snare griper om hans hæl, et rep tar fatt i ham.
Portuguese	A armadilha o apanha pelo calcanhar, e o laço o prende;
Rumanian	este prins kn cursq de cqlcqi, wi layul pune stqpknire pe el;
Russian	рЕФМС ЪБГЕРЙФ ЪБ ОПЗХ ЕЗП, Й ЗТБВЙФЕМШ ХМПЧЙФ ЕЗП.
Swedish	snaran griper honom om hälen, och gillret tager honom fatt;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "gin": gingal, gingall, gingalls, gingals, gingeley, gingeleys, gingeli, gingelies, gingelis, gingelli, gingellies, gingellis, gingelly, gingely, ginger, gingerbread, gingerbreaded, gingerbreads, gingerbready, gingered, gingering, gingerliness, gingerlinesses, gingerly, gingerroot, gingerroots, gingers, gingersnap, gingersnaps, gingery, gingham, ginghams, gingili, gingilis, gingilli, gingillis, gingiva, gingivae, gingival, gingivectomies, gingivectomy, gingivitis, gingivitises, gingko, gingkoes, gink, ginkgo, ginkgoes, ginkgos, ginks, ginned. (additional references)
	Words ending with "gin": agin, algin, allergin, begin, biggin, fagin, leggin, margin, misbegin, noggin, nonvirgin, origin, pidgin, piggin, reagin, rebegin, smidgin, spongin, virgin, yogin. (additional references)
	Words containing "gin": aboriginal, aboriginally, aboriginals, aborigine, aborigines, abridging, absterging, acknowledging, adjudging, advantaging, aging, agings, aginner, aginners, alginate, alginates, algins, alleging, allergins, angina, anginal, anginas, anginose, anginous, antiaging, antifogging, arbitraging, arginase, arginases, arginine, arginines, arranging, asparagine, asparagines, assuaging, asswaging, astringing, aubergine, aubergines, avenging, averaging, backlogging, badging, badinaging, bagginess, bagginesses, bagging, baggings, ballyragging, bandaging, banging. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Gin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agin, egin, Ganj, ganz, gcn, Gdi, geen, gegn, geh, genh, genk, genn, genx, genz, gfi, ggen, ghin, Ghiz, gia, gian, gic, Gid, gien, gign, gih, gii, giif, Giii, gij, gik, gimny, gina, ginc, gind, gine, gini, ginni, gino, gint, giny, ginz, gio, gion, Giono, Gip, giq, gir, girn, girny, gis, giu, giv, giw, gix, giy, giyn, giz, glin, glinz, gmi, gne, gni, gnib, gnip, goin, gonn, gpi, grn, guin, guiny, gunn, Gwin, gwine, Gxi, Gyan, gyb, gymn, Gyn, gyne, gyno, gynt, gyon, ig, Igen, igh, ign, Ignu, igon, Igw, Ogino, Qgi, Ugni. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "gin" (pronounced ji"n)
3	j i" n	Jin.
2	-i" n	fin, akin, been, begin, Berlin, bin, Brin, chagrin, chin, din, grin, herein, inn, kin, Lin, Linn, pin, Quin, shin, sin, skin, spin, syn, therein, thin, tin, twin, violin, wherein, win, within, Wynn, Yin.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "g-i-n"
	-1 letter: in.
	Words containing the letters "g-i-n"
	+1 letter: agin, ding, gain, gien, gink, gins, girn, grin, king, ling, nigh, ping, ring, sign, sing, ting, wing, zing.
	+2 letters: acing, again, aging, algin, align, aping, awing, axing, begin, being, binge, bingo, boing, bring, cling, coign, cuing, deign, dinge, dingo, dings, dingy, doing, dying, eking, eying, fagin, feign, fling, fungi, gains, gamin, garni, genic, genie, genii, genip, giant, ginks, ginny, gipon, girns, giron, given, glint, going, gonia, gonif, grain, grind, grins, groin, hinge, hying, icing, incog, ingle, ingot, iring, jingo, kiang, kings, liang, ligan, linga, lingo, lings, lingy, lungi, lying, mingy, neigh, nighs, night, ohing, oping, owing, piing, pingo, pings, reign, renig, rings, ruing, segni, sengi, signs, singe, sings, sling, sting, suing, swing, thing, tigon, tinge, tings, tying, unrig, using, vying, wigan, wings, wingy, wring, yogin, zings, zingy.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
gin	776	gin gordons	23
gin blossom	514	gin tonic	23
gin rummy	420	cotton gin picture	21
cotton gin	244	gin rule	21
gin juice	161	gin gourd juice	21
blossom gin lyrics	150	free gin rummy	21
gin juice lyrics	120	gin tanqueray	21
gin rummy rule	77	dog gin juice snoop	20
gin yahoo	66	seagrams gin	20
gin game	48	game gin yahoo	18
gin and tonic	46	catalog cotton gin	17
gin drink	41	sloe gin	17
bombay gin	32	play gin	17
phish gin and juice	31	blossom gin tab	16
play gin rummy	28	back door gin yahoo	16
gin fizz	26	gin pole	15
gin card game	26	gin miller	15
gin rummy card game	25	bath tub gin	15
gin rummy online	25	gin mill	15
dog gin juice lyrics snoop	24	martini gin	15
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Gin

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