Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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gin | Yes | No | Yes | No |
snare | Yes | No | Yes | No |
gin (noun) | snare (noun) |
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a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points | a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose |
a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers | strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit |
a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose | a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head |
strong liquor flavored with juniper berries | a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities |
something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares |
gin (verb) | snare (verb) |
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trap with a snare | entice and trap |
separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin | catch in or as if in a trap |