gammon

gam·mon ¹  (gmn)

n.

A victory in backgammon reached before the loser has succeeded in removing a single piece.

tr.v. gam·moned, gam·mon·ing, gam·mons

To defeat in backgammon by scoring a gammon.

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[Probably from Middle English gamen, gammen, game, from Old English gamen.]

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gam·mon ²  (gmn) Chiefly British

n.

1. Misleading or nonsensical talk; humbug.

2. Gammon See Shelta.

v. gam·moned, gam·mon·ing, gam·mons

v.tr.

To mislead by deceptive talk.

v.intr.

To talk misleadingly or deceptively.

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[Origin unknown.]

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gammon·er n.

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gam·mon ³  (gmn)

n.

1. A cured or smoked ham.

2. The lower part of a side of bacon.

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[Middle English gambon, from Old North French, from gambe, leg, from Late Latin gamba, hoof; see gambol.]

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gam·mon ⁴  (gmn)

tr.v. gam·moned, gam·mon·ing, gam·mons

To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a ship.

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[Origin unknown.]

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gammon

Noun

1. cured or smoked ham

2. the hindquarter of a side of bacon [Old French gambe leg]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gammon - meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) ham, jambon cut of pork - cut of meat from a hog or pig Virginia ham - a lean hickory-smoked ham; has dark red meat prosciutto - Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin
	2.	gammon - hind portion of a side of bacon side of bacon, flitch - salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork bacon - back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

Translations

gammon [ˈgæmən] n (= bacon) → tocino ahumado (= ham); jamón m ahumado

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gammon [ˈgæmən] n (= bacon) → quartier m de lard fumé (= ham); jambon fumé or salé

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gammon [ˈgæmən] n → Schinken m

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gammon [ˈgæmən] n (= bacon) → quarto di maiale (= ham); prosciutto affumicato

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gammon

n gammon [ˈgӕmən]

the meat of the leg of a pig, salted and smoked. ham لَحْم خَنْزير مُدَخَّن пушен свински бут šunka yderlår; røgeskinke geräucherter Schinken παστό χοιρομέρι jamón ahumado o curado con sal suitsusink ران دودی یا نمک زدۀ خوک savukinkku jambon fumé קוֹתֶל-חָזִיר מְעוּשָׁן सुअर का मांस dimljeni svinjski but füstölt sonka daging asap reykt eða saltað svínslæri prosciutto affumicato くん製ハム 훈제 햄 kumpis šķiņķis gamon gerookte achterham røykt skinke szynka wędzona presunto окорок šunka prekajena gnjat usoljen svinjski but skinka แฮม domuz budu pastırması 醃豬腿, 火腿 окорок سؤر کے پٹھے اور ران کا سکھا کر محفوظ کیا گیا گوشت giăm bông 腌猪腿, 火腿