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ginned

ginned is the simple past and past participle of gin.

Meaning of gin

Verb (1)

gin (third-person singular simple present gins, present participle ginning, simple past and past participle ginned)

  1. (transitive) To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
  2. (transitive) To trap something in a gin.

Verb (2)

gin (third-person singular simple present gins, present participle ginning, simple past gan, past participle gun)

  1. (Early, Modern, archaic) To begin.
    • 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...

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Adjective

ginned (comparative more ginned, superlative most ginned)

  1. (dated, slang) drunk
    Synonyms:
    drunk

Synonyms of ginned

Forms of ginned

comparativemore ginned
superlativemost ginned

Words formed from ginned

Phrases with ginned

Questions about ginned

What does ginned mean?
Ginned means drunk.
What is ginned the simple past and past participle of?
Ginned is the simple past and past participle of gin.
What part of speech is ginned?
Ginned is an adjective.

Words near ginned in the dictionary

  1. ginlike
  2. ginmill
  3. ginmills
  4. ginn
  5. Ginnan
  6. ginned
  7. ginned up
  8. ginnee
  9. ginnees
  10. ginnel
  11. ginnels

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