ginned

¹ American  

[jind] / dʒɪnd /

adjective

Slang.

1. drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.

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ginned ² American  

[jind] / dʒɪnd /

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.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• overginned
  adjective
• unginned
  adjective

Etymology

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

Some of the online pushback was ginned up by bots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Spotify users who have been amused by these thrice-daily servings of word salad might be surprised — or, just as likely, not — to learn that the playlist names are ginned up by A.I.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

No drop of human drama hasn’t been ginned.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2023

It ginned up a disciplinary case against a driver who was a leading union activist and eventually fired her.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023

White suspected that Hale had ginned up the document while trying to obtain the insurance policy, and altered it after realizing that he had blundered on the date.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann