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Definition of Gammon
1. Noun. Meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
Generic synonyms: Cut Of Pork
Specialized synonyms: Virginia Ham, Prosciutto
2. Noun. Hind portion of a side of bacon.
Definition of Gammon
1. n. The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch.
2. v. t. To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
3. n. Backgammon.
4. v. t. To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his "men" or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person.
5. v. t. To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron.
Definition of Gammon
1. Noun. The lower or hind part of a side of bacon. ¹
2. Noun. (backgammon) A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not taken a single stone; (also, rarely, backgammon, the game itself). ¹
3. Noun. (nautical) A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning). ¹
4. Noun. (dated) Chatter, ridiculous nonsense. ¹
5. Verb. To cure bacon by salting. ¹
6. Verb. To lash with ropes (on a ship). ¹
7. Verb. (colloquial) (dated) To deceive, to lie plausibly. ¹
8. Verb. (backgammon) To beat by a gammon (without the opponent taking a stone). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gammon
1. to mislead by deceptive talk [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gammon
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