gingering

Verb (1)

ginger (third-person singular simple present gingers, present participle gingering, simple past and past participle gingered)

1. (transitive) To add ginger to.
   • They gingered the biscotti, black and whited the cookies and oated the meals.2009, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To enliven, to spice (up).
   • The accident was an excuse merely to replace an old-fashioned regular with old-fashioned notions by an active, fire-eating young general who would ginger things up.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 886
3. (transitive) To apply ginger to the anus of a horse to encourage it to carry its tail high and move in a lively fashion.
   • If he had been gingered, he would have gone well. After I bought him, I gingered him.1850, William Percivall, editor, The Veterinarian, page 594
4. (Nigeria, transitive) To inspire (someone); to give a little boost to.
   • These steps may not be immediately popular, but the society may have to bear with them until they succeed in gingering renewed interest and pride in the language so chosen.2002, K. K. Prah, Rehabilitating African Languages

Verb (2)

ginger (third-person singular simple present gingers, present participle gingering, simple past and past participle gingered)

1. To move gingerly, in a very careful and cautious manner.
   • Spring training began on Christmas Day, when my cousin and I gingered onto the lot behind the fire station to try out our new spikes.1972 September 1, Paul Hemphill, “I Gotta Let the Kid Go”, in Life, volume 73, number 9, →ISSN, page 42

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