Definition of "gammon" in English

noun

1. A cut of quick-cured pork leg.

verb

1. To cure bacon by salting.

verb

1. (dialectal) To joke, kid around, play.

2. (backgammon) To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).

noun

1. (dialectal) A joke, trick; play, sport, merriment.

2. (backgammon) A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.

3. (rare) Backgammon (the game itself).

noun

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

verb

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

noun

1. (dated) Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.

verb

1. (colloquial, dated, transitive) To deceive; to lie plausibly to.

adjective

1. (Papua New Guinea, Australian Aboriginal, chiefly Queensland, Northern Territory) Fake, pretend; bullshit.

   • I was just being gammon.

noun

1. (neologism, derogatory, UK) A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.