"gins" in the noun sense
1. gin
strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
2. snare, gin, noose
a trap for birds or small mammals often has a slip noose
3. cotton gin, gin
a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
4. gin, gin rummy, knock rummy
a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points
"gins" in the verb sense
1. gin
separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
2. gin
trap with a snare
"gin game"
Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)
Princeton University "About WordNet®."
WordNet®. Princeton University. 2010.
View WordNet® License