gam´mon|er

gam´mon|er
gam|mon1 «GAM uhn», noun, verb.
–n.
1. the lower end of a side of bacon.
2. a smoked or cured ham.
–v.t.
to cure by salting and smoking; make into bacon.
╂[< Old North French gambon < gambe leg < Late Latin gamba]
–gam´mon|er, noun.
gam|mon2 «GAM uhn», noun, verb.
in the game of backgammon:
–n.
a victory in which the winner throws off all his men before his opponent throws off any.
–v.t.
to defeat (one's opponent) by a gammon.
╂[compare Middle English gamen a game1]
gam|mon3 «GAM uhn», noun, verb.
–n.
British Informal. nonsense; humbug.
–v.i.
1. to talk nonsense, especially to deceive.
2. to feign; pretend: »

I got up in a temper, and told him to leave me. He laughed, and said I was gammoning (Elizabeth A. Murray).

–v.t.
to deceive; hoax: »

to go and gammon old Mackenzie into the belief that he can read poetry (William Black).

╂[perhaps related to gammon2]
gam|mon4 «GAM uhn», transitive verb.
Nautical. to fasten (a bowsprit) close down to the stem of a ship.
╂[perhaps < gammon1 (referring to the tying up of hams)]

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  • gam|mon — gam|mon1 «GAM uhn», noun, verb. –n. 1. the lower end of a side of bacon. 2. a smoked or cured ham. –v.t. to cure by salting and smoking; make into bacon. ╂[< Old North French gambon < gambe leg < Late Latin gamba] –gam´mon|er, noun.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • gam|mon|ing — «GAM uh nihng», noun. Nautical. the arrangement of ropes, chains, or iron bands serving to gammon a bowsprit …   Useful english dictionary

  • gam·mon — /ˈgæmən/ noun [noncount] Brit : smoked or salted meat from the side or leg of a pig a gammon steak …   Useful english dictionary

  • back|gam|mon — «noun. BAK GAM uhn, BAK GAM ; verb. BAK GAM uhn», noun, verb. –n. 1. a game for two played on a divided board with 12 spaces on each side. Each player has 15 pieces, which are moved according to the throw of the dice. 2. a victory won in this… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • mon|o|gam|ic — «MON uh GAM ihk», adjective. = monogamous. (Cf. ↑monogamous) …   Useful english dictionary

  • back·gam·mon — /ˈbækˌgæmən/ noun [noncount] : a board game for two players in which the players throw dice and try to move all of their pieces around and off the board …   Useful english dictionary

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  • gammon — gam·mon …   English syllables

  • gammon — gam|mon [ˈgæmən] n [U] BrE meat from a pig s leg which has been preserved using salt →↑bacon ▪ gammon steak …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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