gin
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8.4
- noun
- /dʒɪn/
- Do you still play gin rummy?
Examples
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On Saturdays and Sundays, my mother challenges me to games of gin rummy.
Fiction book (2002) -
Watching them now, I realize they've played gin rummy with each other for almost forty years.
Fiction book (1993) -
- We never did finish that gin game.
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- It was a gin game.
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- Do you know how to play Gin?
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Who is up for some gin rummy?
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I played gin rummy and lost.
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He wants me to go to Florida and play Gin Rummy.
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- So don't go looking for a substitute for our gin rummy game, okay?
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We played a game of gin last night, and it was a lot of fun.
Synonyms
13
4.1
A card game where players make sets or sequences of cards
8
3.4
A card game where players make sets and runs and end when leftover cards total under ten points
1
3.2
A card game where players make sets or runs of matching cards
1
8.7
A rummy game where a player ends a round if unmatched cards total less than ten points
1
8.2
A card game in which players make sets and runs to be first to lay down all cards
Compounds
- US
8
3.4
A card game where players make sets and runs and end when leftover cards total under ten points
3
8.2
A sweet red alcoholic drink made by soaking small dark fruits from the blackthorn bush in gin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gin for the card game got its name in the early 1900s and is thought to be a short form of gin rummy. A helpful way to remember it is that the game is quick and you can finish a hand in one sharp move.