'Gammon' definitions:

Definition of 'gammon'

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noun
Meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) [syn: ham, jambon, gammon]
noun
Hind portion of a side of bacon

Definition of 'Gammon'

From: GCIDE
  • Gammon \Gam"mon\ (g[a^]m"m[u^]n), n. [OF. gambon, F. jambon, fr. OF. gambe leg, F. jambe. See Gambol, n., and cf. Ham.] The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gammon'

From: GCIDE
  • Gammon \Gam"mon\ (g[a^]m"m[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gammoned (g[a^]m"m[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gammoning.] To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gammon'

From: GCIDE
  • Gammon \Gam"mon\ (g[a^]m"m[u^]n), n. [See 2d Game.]
  • 1. Backgammon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A victory in the game of backgammon in which one player gammons another, i. e., the winner bears off all of his pieces before his opponent bears off any pieces; as, he won the match with three gammons in a row. [PJC]
  • 3. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gammon'

From: GCIDE
  • Gammon \Gam"mon\, v. t.
  • 1. 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. In certain variants of the game one who gammons an opponent scores twice the normal value of the game. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 2. To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [Colloq.] --Hood. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gammon'

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  • Gammon \Gam"mon\, v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] (Naut.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. --Totten. [1913 Webster]

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