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gins up

gins up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gin up.

Meaning of gin up

Verb (1)

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

  1. (Canada, US, informal, transitive) To generate, devise, or create.
    • Near-synonym: spin up
  2. (informal) To set up a snare.
  3. (informal) To exaggerate.
  4. (informal) To stir up, stimulate, enliven, incite.

Verb (2)

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

  1. (dated, informal, transitive) To make drunk, especially on gin.
    • Harrison was pretty well ginned-up when his guests arrived and he had proffered drinks freely and hospitably ever since.1925, J. Allan Dunn, The Three Traders

Questions about gins up

What is gins up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gins up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gin up.

Words near gins up in the dictionary

  1. gins
  2. gins and French
  3. gins and Frenches
  4. gins and tonic
  5. gins and tonics
  6. gins up
  7. Ginsberg
  8. Ginsberg's theorem
  9. Ginsbergian
  10. Ginsbergs
  11. Ginsburg

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