I. ˈgamən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Old North French gambon ham (of a hog), aug. of gambe leg — more at gamb
1. dialect
a. : leg
b. : thigh
2.
a. : a ham or flitch of cured bacon
the gammon was given as a reward and encouragement to handfasting couples — Dorothy G. Spicer
b. : the lower end of a side of bacon
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
: gammoning
III. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a ship by lashings of rope or chain or by a band of iron
IV. noun
( -s )
Etymology: perhaps alteration of Middle English gamen game, sport — more at game
1. archaic : backgammon
2. : the winning of a backgammon game before the loser has borne off any men
V. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to beat by scoring a gammon
VI. noun
( -s )
Etymology: obsolete English gammon talk, chatter, perhaps from obsolete English slang gammon (in the expressions give someone gammon to stand close to someone while another person is picking his pocket, keep someone in gammon to divert someone's attention while another person is robbing him), perhaps from English gammon leg, thigh, flitch of cured bacon — more at gammon I
: talk intended to deceive : humbug
it's all gammon — G.B.Shaw
VII. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
intransitive verb
1. : to talk gammon
2. : pretend , feign
transitive verb
: to influence with gammon : fool
critics were not gammoned by this latest prodigy — Roland Gelatt