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- From gin (short for engine or generate) + up. (Wiktionary)
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“It was the Xzillaraider 7.3 unit from Quadzilla, of Fort Worth, a truck performance shop known in the biz as the cleverest in coming up with ways to gin up the power on a diesel engine.”
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ecbrenner According to "The Phrase Finder":
1. to excite or enliven
2. to drink, particularly gin Jun 5, 2009