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Meaning of gin

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  gin
      n 1: strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
      2: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
         [syn: {snare}, {gin}, {noose}]
      3: a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
         [syn: {cotton gin}, {gin}]
      4: a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards
         remaining in their hand total less than 10 points [syn:
         {gin}, {gin rummy}, {knock rummy}]
      v 1: separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
      2: trap with a snare; "gin game"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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