gammon

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English - Turkish
saçmalık
tütsülenmiş jambon
hile/mars/but/jambon
{i} zırva
mars et/aldat
dolandiricilik
i f domuz etinin tuzlan mış ve tutsulenmiş but tarafı
{i} dalavere
bos söz
saçma
{i} hile
{i} saçma lâf
tütsülenmis jambon
kandırmak
zirva
aldatmak
i., İng. (domuz budundan yapılmış) jambon
i f tavla
tavlada yenmek
f domuz etini tütsulemek
{i} domuz budu
{i} yalan
boş konuşmak
{i} tiringa halatı
dolandırmak
tavla
English - English
A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not taken a single stone; (also, rarely, backgammon, the game itself)
To cure bacon by salting
To deceive, to lie plausibly
The lower or hind part of a side of bacon
Chatter, ridiculous nonsense

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

To beat by a gammon (without the opponent taking a stone)
A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning)
To lash with ropes (on a ship)
{n} a buttock of a hog salted and dried
A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone
Backgammon
Gammon is smoked or salted meat, similar to bacon, from the back leg or the side of a pig. meat from a pig's leg which has been preserved using salt bacon
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
or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person
To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his "men"
An imposition or hoax; humbug
To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke
To impose on; to hoax; to cajole
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
{i} backgammon (game); nonsense (British); smoked ham
hind portion of a side of bacon
A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship
The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch
To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron

Related Terms

back gammon player
A sodomite
back gammon players
plural form of back gammon player
gammoning
Rope lashings on the bowsprit of a boat
gammoning
Present participle of gammon
gammoning
The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays
gammoning
{i} rope or iron band by which the bowsprit of a ship is fastened to the stem to oppose the lifting movement of the mast's front rope (Nautical); act of imposing upon or tricking a person
gammoning
The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person
gammons
plural of gammon
gammon

    Hyphenation

    gam·mon

    Turkish pronunciation

    gämın

    Pronunciation

    /ˈgamən/ /ˈɡæmən/

    Etymology

    [ 'ga-m&n ] (noun.) 15th century. Middle English, from Old North French gambon ham, from gambe leg; more at GAM.
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