Gingername/ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚ/

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  A female given name from English and nickname. Popularized by actress Ginger Rogers

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  rareA male nickname.

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  A given name for animals having ginger- or orange-coloured fur or feathers.

gingernoun詞源 1/ˈdʒɪndʒə/

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  The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.

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  The plant that produces this rhizome.

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  Other species belonging to the same family, Zingiberaceae, especially those of the genus Zingiber

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  A reddish-brown color.

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  derogatoryA person with reddish hair; a redhead.

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  Vitality, vigour, liveliness (of character).

  • The position in the country and in this House might be well expressed by a reference to the recent activities of the ginger party in Great Britain — the party that demanded that more ginger be put into the conduct of the war.
  • He had, however, "put some more ginger in two nights ago. Things move with exasperating slowness in this country.”
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  Ginger ale, or can or bottle of such (especially if dry).

  • Can you buy dry ginger in Croatia? If not what is an alternative?
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  Any fizzy soft drink, or can or bottle of such; pop; soda.

  • Here’s, um, not toast but bread, anyway. And a can of ginger.
  • A lot of people will tell you ‘ginger’ tastes best in glass, and there is a science behind that,” says the company’s commercial director.

gingeradj詞源 1/ˈdʒɪndʒə/

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  Of a reddish-brown color.

  • My eyes track upwards past the shoes to a pair of skinny legs, skinnier than mine, then to a tight black mini. Above that is a crisp white shirt. And crowning the whole thing is a mop of the gingerest hair I’ve ever seen in my life.
  • And her hair’s brilliant red. It’s even gingerer than ours.
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  Having hair or fur of this color.

  • a ginger tomcat
  • A chorus of ‘Aaah’s rose as they would in an episode of The Royle Family, while the gingerest boy in school swung his legs on the worktop and pretended he was Jamaican to be more like his mate sitting next to him, who wasn’t Jamaican either, but had parents who were.

gingerverb詞源 1/ˈdʒɪndʒə/

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  To add ginger to.

  • They gingered the biscotti, black and whited the cookies and oated the meals.
  • The first breather of the day came when Naomi brought some gingered lemonade out to the barn.
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  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.
  • Before an action began, he liked to make bold predictions as to its outcome; this was part of his way of gingering people up, of creating an aura of victory to come.
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  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.
  • Gingering is decided cruelty.
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  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.
  • In conclusion, intensive campaigns should be done in relation to gingering the nomads' interest in education, improve their interaction with neighbours and encourage them to start considering a more sedentary pastoral life.

gingeradj詞源 2/ˈdʒɪndʒə/

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  regionalVery careful or cautious; also, delicate, sensitive.

  • He’s going to get an interview about ten o’clock, making the old gentleman predict war, and we’ll get out the gingerest kind of a special on the strength of it!
  • Wherefore, although for my own car I want the “gingerest” possible engine, I realise that it has shortcomings for the general market and I would commend to designers the ideal of an engine that shall be as “woolly” as possible, so long as its artificially restricted dimensions shall not cause its owner to find himself unable to tackle respectable gradients.

gingeradv詞源 2/ˈdʒɪndʒə/

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  In a very careful or cautious manner; also, delicately, sensitively.

gingerverb詞源 2/ˈdʒɪndʒə/

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  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.
  • She gingered her way into the river and timidly splashed into its waters.

gingernoun詞源 3/ˈdʒɪndʒə/

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  slangA homosexual.

gingeradj詞源 3/ˈdʒɪndʒə/

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  slangHomosexual.