English Explanatory Dictionary

gammet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To play, frolic; amuse oneself, have a good time.
  2. To play practical jokes; trick, hoax.
noun
  1. Fun, frolic, sport.
  2. A game, joke, trick.

Word forms

gammet gammets gammetting gammetted gammot gammit gamet gamot gamut

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English *gammeten, *gametten (“to frolic, entertain, jest”), from Old English *gamnettan (“to entertain, amuse, play”), from Old English gamen (“fun, amusement”) + -ettan (verbal suffix).

Related words

game gammer gammock gammon

Derived words

gammety
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