Definition of gammon Gammon

/gæˈmʌn/ - [gatmun] - gam•mon

We found 23 definitions of gammon from 7 different sources.

What does gammon mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: gammons
gammon - hind portion of a side of bacon
		bacon back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
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

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Wiktionary

gammon (Noun)
The lower or hind part of a side of bacon.
gammon (Noun)
A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not taken a single stone; also, rarely, backgammon, the game itself.
gammon (Noun)
A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship usually called a gammoning.
gammon (Noun)
Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.
gammon (Verb)
To cure bacon by salting.
gammon (Verb)
To lash with ropes on a ship.
gammon (Verb)
To deceive, to lie plausibly.
gammon (Verb)
To beat by a gammon without the opponent taking a stone.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

gammon (n.)
The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch.
gammon (v. t.)
To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
gammon (n.)
Backgammon.
gammon (n.)
An imposition or hoax; humbug.
gammon (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.
gammon (v. t.)
To impose on; to hoax; to cajole.
gammon (v. t.)
To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

gammon
A victory in the game backgammon when the loser has not borne off any stone

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

gammon
gam′un, n. (mostly coll.) a hoax: nonsense, humbug.—v.t. to hoax, impose upon.—ns. Gamm′oner; Gamm′oning. [A.S. gamen, a game.]
gammon
gam′un, n. the preserved thigh of a hog. [O. Fr. gambon—gambe, a leg.]
gammon
gam′un, n. (naut.) the lashing of the bowsprit.—v.t. to lash the bowsprit with ropes

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

gammon
To pass the lashings of the bowsprit.

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gammon, verb, present, 1st person singular of gammon (infinitive).
gammon, verb (infinitive).
gammon, noun, singular of gammons.

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