gammon

Meanings

1. A cut of quick-cured pork leg.

1. To cure bacon by salting.

1. To joke, kid around, play.
2. To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).

1. A joke, trick; play, sport, merriment.
2. A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.
3. Backgammon (the game itself).

1. A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).

1. To lash with ropes (on a ship).

1. Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.

1. To deceive; to lie plausibly to.

1. Fake, pretend; bullshit.

1. A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.

1. the Shelta or Cant language of the Irish Travelling Community.

Etymology

From Middle English *gammon, gambon, from Old French gambon (compare modern French jambon (“ham”)), from gambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ). Doublet of jambon and jamon.