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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.
[Probably from Middle English gamen, gammen, game, from Old English gamen.]
gam·mon 2
(găm′ən) Chiefly Britishn.
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.
[Origin unknown.]
gam′mon·er n.
gam·mon 3
(găm′ən)n.
1. A cured or smoked ham.
2. The lower part of a side of bacon.
[Middle English gambon, from Old North French, from gambe, leg, from Late Latin gamba, hoof; see gambol.]
gam·mon 4
(găm′ən)tr.v. gam·moned, gam·mon·ing, gam·mons
To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a ship.
[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]
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]
gammon
(ˈɡæmən)n
deceitful nonsense; humbug
vb
to deceive (a person)
[C18: perhaps special use of gammon2]
ˈgammoner n
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
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| Noun | 1. |  gammon - meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)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
füstölt sonka
reykt eîa saltaî svínslæri
kumpis
šķiņķis
domuz budu pastırması
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] nCollins 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
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
gammon
(ˈgӕmən) noun the meat of the leg of a pig, salted and smoked.
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