A female given name from English and nickname. / (rare) A male nickname. / A given name for animals having ginger- or orange-coloured fur or feathers.

In a cautious and delicate manner; (very) carefully or cautiously.

Often of movements: very careful, cautious, or delicate. / (obsolete) Often of a person or the way they move: dainty, delicate; also, excessively delicate; affected, mincing.

A non-alcoholic drink flavored with ginger, similar to ginger beer.

To add ginger to. / To enliven, to spice (up). / To apply ginger to the anus of a horse to encourage it to carry its tail high and move in a lively fashion.

(UK, Cockney rhyming slang) A homosexual.

To move gingerly, in a very careful and cautious manner.

In a very careful or cautious manner; also, delicately, sensitively.

(of hair or fur) Of a reddish-brown colour. / Having hair or fur of this colour.

The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative. / The plant that produces this rhizome.