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ginger up


To make something more interesting, fun, lively, etc.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

We need to ginger up this party with some music.

CONTEXTUAL

The presentation was quite boring, so I added some colorful charts to ginger up the meeting.

COMPLEX

The director decided to ginger up the final act of the play with more dramatic lighting and faster dialogue to keep the audience engaged.


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    ginger knob

    A male redhead; a ginger-haired male.

Last updated August 10, 2026