The act of adding ginger to something, or figuratively, the act of enlivening or stimulating something with extra energy or spiciness.
Present participle of 'ginger' (verb), which developed from the noun 'ginger' (the spice) + the English '-ing' suffix to create both a gerund and a progressive verb form.
In cooking, 'gingering' is a specific technique, but in politics and business, 'gingering things up' means injecting energy into a sluggish situation—food metaphors run through how we talk about motivation.
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