noun A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.
noun Gin rummy.
noun Drawing the best card or combination of cards.
Johnny Chan held jack-nine, and hit gin when a queen-ten-eight board was dealt out.
noun A trick; a device or instrument.
noun A scheme; contrivance; artifice; a figurative trap or snare.
noun A snare or trap for game.
noun A machine for raising or moving heavy objects, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.