How do you use the word "gin" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "gin": I'd like a gin and tonic. Let's qualify this gin with tonic water.

Gin Meaning

/d͡ʒɪn/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA 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.

nounGin rummy.

Sentence Examples

I'd like a gin and tonic.

Let's qualify this gin with tonic water.

Can I have a gin and coke please?

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

snare

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

He ordered a ____ and tonic, his favorite cocktail.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The traditional cocktail is made with ____, vermouth, and a splash of olive juice for a savory flavor.

Word Origin & History

Abbreviation of geneva, alteration of Dutch genever (“juniper”) from Old French genevre (modern French genièvre), from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). Hence gin rummy (first attested 1941).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The church dores were sparred, Fast boltyd and barryd, Yet wyth a prety gyn I fortuned to come in, […]" — c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 64, lines 91–94:

"treason and deceiptfull gin" — 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

"It was the cry of a rabbit caught in a gin." — 1895, Thomas Hardy, “IV-ii”, in Jude the Obscure, London: Osgood:

"Gon. All three of them are deſperate : their great guilt / (Like poyſon giuen to worke a great time after) / Now gins to bite the ſpirits :[…]" — 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 14:

"His next shot was discharged amongst the mob, and most unfortunately wounded the gin already mentioned ; who, with a child fastened to her back, slid down the bank, and lay, apparently dying, with her legs in the water." — 1869, Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, volume 1, page 273:

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