ginned

¹

[jind]

adjective

Slang.

1. drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.

ginned

²

[jind]

adjective

1. (of cotton) cleared of seeds and any foreign matter by passing it through a gin.

   The ginned cotton is pressed into bales of approximately 400 pounds each.

Other Word Forms

• overginned adjective
• unginned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ginned¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; gin ¹ + -ed ³

Origin of ginned²

First recorded in 1835–40; gin ² ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

While Mr. Rees is keen to dispel the myths ginned up by imperial writers, he doesn’t prevaricate when the evidence shows that their fears may not have been entirely unfounded.

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Rather, they’ve ginned up accusations that the bureau had used legal settlements to accumulate a “slush fund” — meaning its Civil Penalty Fund — to “provide unaccountable funding to leftist nonprofits.”

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Now that we’re in the sort of postnominations phase of the awards season, it’s become a time for controversies, whether they’re ginned up by competing movies or not is in the eye of the beholder.

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And ginned up more false allegations of widespread voter fraud this time around, sparking fears of similar if not worse violence around the 2024 election.

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“They may go nowhere in court but they look like they are ginned up to challenge the outcome after the election.”

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