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Definitions for Gammon

[1] the game of backgammon.
[2] a victory in which the winner throws off all his or her pieces before the opponent throws off any.
[3] to win a gammon over.
[4] a smoked or cured ham.
[5] the lower end of a side of bacon.
[6] deceitful nonsense; bosh.
[7] to talk gammon.
[8] to make pretense.
[9] to humbug.
[10] a cured or smoked ham
[11] the hindquarter of a side of bacon, cooked either whole or cut into large rashers
[12] a double victory in backgammon in which one player throws off all his pieces before his opponent throws any
[13] archaic the game of backgammon
[14] (tr) to score a gammon over
[15] deceitful nonsense; humbug
[16] to deceive (a person)
[17] (tr) nautical to fix (a bowsprit) to the stemhead of a vessel

Words related to Gammon

pancetta, pork, groin, femur, rasher, sowbelly, ham, flank, hock, loins, fool, dupe, fleece, rook, deceive, frame, gull, hoodwink, con, flimflam

Words nearby Gammon

gamma-ray burst, gammadion, gammagram, gammat, gammer, gammon, gammopathy, gammy, gamna's disease, gamna-gandy bodies, gamo-

Origin of Gammon

3First recorded in 1710–20; perhaps special use of gammon1

Other words from Gammon

gam·mon·er , noun

Word origin for Gammon

C18: perhaps related to gammon 1 , with reference to the tying up of a ham

Synonyms for Gammon

pancetta, pork, rasher, sowbelly, pork slab, porkbellies