ginger

1. (of hair or fur) Of a reddish-brown color.Examples: "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."; "But as well as being a tough rugby player, Jammer [i.e., James Graham] also has the gingerest hair and palest skin in rugby (and possibly the world)."

1. (transitive) To add ginger to.Examples: "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."transitive

2. (idiomatic, transitive) To enliven, to spice (up).Examples: "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."; "Regarding this human angle, DeMille wrote, "I am sometimes accused of gingering up the Bible with large and lavish infusions of sex and violence. I can only wonder if my accusers have ever read certain parts of the Bible.""idiomatictransitive

3. (transitive) To apply ginger to the anus of a horse to encourage it to carry its tail high and move in a lively fashion.Examples: "If he had been gingered, he would have gone well. After I bought him, I gingered him."; "Gingering is decided cruelty."; "There he is, moving in his best form, with the full knowledge that that long whip in his rear will once more be round his flanks, as it has often been before, if he fails to wake up when he comes out for a show—well gingered, too, we should say, and all life and action."transitive

4. (Nigeria, transitive) To inspire (someone); to give a little boost to.Examples: "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."; "I attended their concert first, so that was what gingered me to continue this school."Nigeriatransitive

1. (chiefly British, regional, Canada, US) Very careful or cautious; also, delicate, sensitive.Examples: "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."; "“Coney Island” is by far the best picture the Hip has had. That says very little for a house that has held the worst, but this F. B. O. [Film Booking Offices] will do business this week for the Hip because it more than makes good under one of the gingerest of names. And a name that should draw by itself."Synonyms: gingerish, gingerlyBritishCanadaUSregional

1. (UK, Cockney rhyming slang) A homosexual.CockneyUKslang

1. (UK, Cockney rhyming slang) Homosexual.CockneyUKnot-comparableslang