gin up

== English == === Etymology 1 === From gin (short for engine or generate) + up. ==== Verb ==== gin up (third-person singular simple present gins up, present participle ginning up, simple past and past participle ginned up) (informal) (transitive, Canada, US) To generate, devise, or create. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:create Near-synonym: spin up To set up a snare. To exaggerate. Synonyms: hyperbolize, overstate To stir up, stimulate, enliven, incite. Synonyms: animate, bring about; see also Thesaurus:incite, Thesaurus:thrill === Etymology 2 === From gin (the drink) + up. ==== Verb ==== gin up (third-person singular simple present gins up, present participle ginning up, simple past and past participle ginned up) (dated, transitive) To make drunk, especially on gin. Hypernym: liquor up (broadly synonymous) === Anagrams === pungi