gammon

gam·mon ¹

 (găm′ən)

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

 (găm′ən) Chiefly British

n.

1. Misleading or nonsensical talk; humbug.

2. Gammon See Shelta.

v. gam·moned, gam·mon·ing, gam·mons

v.tr.

To deceive or mislead: "[He] gammoned a countryman out of a good round sum of money" (Charles Dickens).

v.intr.

To talk misleadingly or deceptively.

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[Origin unknown.]

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gam′mon·er n.

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gam·mon ³

 (găm′ən)

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

 (găm′ən)

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

(ˈɡæmən)

n

1. (Cookery) a cured or smoked ham

2. (Cookery) the hindquarter of a side of bacon, cooked either whole or cut into large rashers

[C15: from Old Northern French gambon, from gambe leg; see gambrel]

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gammon

(ˈɡæmən)

n

1. (Games, other than specified) a double victory in backgammon in which one player throws off all his or her pieces before his or her opponent throws any

2. (Games, other than specified) archaic the game of backgammon

vb

(Games, other than specified) (tr) to score a gammon over

[C18: probably special use of Middle English gamen game¹]

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gammon

(ˈɡæmən)

n

deceitful nonsense; humbug

vb

to deceive (a person)

[C18: perhaps special use of gammon²]

ˈgammoner n

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gammon

(ˈɡæmən)

vb

(Nautical Terms) (tr) nautical to fix (a bowsprit) to the stemhead of a vessel

[C18: perhaps related to gammon¹, with reference to the tying up of a ham]

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gam•mon¹

(ˈgæm ən)
n.

1. a victory in backgammon in which the loser has not thrown off any pieces.

v.t.

2. to beat by winning a gammon.

[1720–30; see backgammon]

gam•mon²

(ˈgæm ən)

n. Brit.

1. a smoked or cured ham.

2. the lower end of a side of bacon.

[1480–90; < dial. Old French gambon ham, derivative of gambe; see jamb]

gam•mon³

(ˈgæm ən)

n. Brit. Informal.

1. deceitful nonsense; bosh.

v.i.

2. to talk gammon.

[1710–20]

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gammon

Past participle: gammoned
Gerund: gammoning

Imperative

gammon

gammon

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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

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Translations

لَحْم خَنْزير مُدَخَّن

šunka

yderlår

geräucherter Schinken

jambon

füstölt sonka

reykt eîa saltaî svínslæri

prosciutto affumicato

kumpis

šķiņķis

røykt skinke

domuz budu pastırması

火腿腌猪腿

gammon

[ˈgæmən] N (Brit) → jamón m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

gammon

[ˈgæmən] n

(= bacon) (smoked) → quartier m de lard fumé; (cured) → quartier m de lard salé

(= ham) (smoked) → jambon m fumé; (cured) → jambon m salégammon steak n épaisse tranche de jambon fumé or salé

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

gammon

n (= bacon) → leicht geräucherter Vorderschinken; (= ham) → (gekochter) Schinken; gammon steak dicke Scheibe Vorderschinken zum Braten oder Grillen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

gammon

[ˈgæmən] n (ham) → prosciutto; (smoked) → prosciutto affumicato; (bacon) → pancetta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

gammon

(ˈgӕmən) noun

the meat of the leg of a pig, salted and smoked. ham لَحْم خَنْزير مُدَخَّن пушен свински бут presunto šunka geräucherter Schinken yderlår; røgeskinke παστό χοιρομέρι jamón ahumado o curado con sal suitsusink ران دودی یا نمک زدۀ خوک kinkku 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 베이컨을 만드는 돼지 옆구리 아래쪽의 고기 kumpis šķiņķis gamon gerookte achterham røykt skinke szynka wędzona دخوګ دورانه غوښه چې مالګه يې پراچولې وي، دخوګ دورانه لاندې presunto окорок šunka prekajena gnjat usoljen svinjski but skinka แฮม domuz budu pastırması 醃燻火腿 окорок سؤر کے پٹھے اور ران کا سکھا کر محفوظ کیا گیا گوشت giăm bông 腌猪腿，火腿

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