Definizione monolingua

gammon

gammon (third-person singular simple present gammons, present participle gammoning, simple past and past participle gammoned)

1. To cure bacon by salting.
2. To lash with ropes (on a ship).
3. (colloquial) (dated) To deceive, to lie plausibly.
4. (backgammon) To beat by a gammon (without the opponent taking a stone).

gammon (plural gammons)

1. The lower or hind part of a side of bacon.
2. (backgammon) A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not taken a single stone; (also, rarely, backgammon, the game itself).
3. (nautical) A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
4. (dated) Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.
   • 1911: Ambrose Bierce, The Devils Dictionary

     He swore that all other religions were gammon,
     And wore out his knees in the worship of Mammon.

Definizione dizionario gammon

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Altri significati:

(backgammon) To beat by a gammon (without the opponent taking a stone).

To lash with ropes (on a ship).

(colloquial) (dated) To deceive, to lie plausibly.

The lower or hind part of a side of bacon.

To cure bacon by salting.

(dated) Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.

(backgammon) A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not taken a single stone; (also, rarely, backgammon, the game itself).

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