gin
noun/dʒɪn/
/dʒɪn/
- [uncountable, countable] an alcoholic drink made from grain and with juniper berries added. Gin is usually drunk mixed with tonic or fruit juice.Topics Drinksc1 see also pink gin, sloe ginOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- stiff
- double
- large
- …
- drink
- have
- sip
- …
- a gin and tonic
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- [countable] a glass of gin
- I'll have a gin and tonic, please.
- She poured herself a large gin.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- stiff
- double
- large
- …
- drink
- have
- sip
- …
- a gin and tonic
- (also cotton gin)a machine for separating the seeds of a cotton plant from the cotton
- (also gin trap)a device for catching small wild animals or birds
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 early 18th cent.: abbreviation of genever.sense 3 Middle English (in the sense ‘a tool or device, a trick’): from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, from in- ‘in’ + gignere ‘beget’.
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