ginger

Definition

  • noun: the strongly flavored root of a tropical plant that is used in cooking
  • noun: a thickened pungent aromatic rhizome that is used as a spice and sometimes medicinally
  • verb: to make lively
  • synonyms: spirit, coloured, colorful

Examples

  • a left-wing 'ginger group' within the Labour Party

  • The child has 'ginger' [=reddish-brown] hair.

  • The recipe calls for a teaspoon of 'ginger'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) you never can tell They furnished off an apartment With a two-room Roebuck sale The coolerator was crammed With TV dinners and ginger ale But when Pierre found work The little money comin' worked out well "C'est la vie," say the old folks (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction