English-Thai Dictionary
gammon
N เรื่องเหลวไหล เรื่องไร้สาระ nonsense rubbish rueang-leo-lai
gammon
N แฮม เบคอน ham
gammon
VI โกง หลอกลวง hoax deceive kong
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GAMMON
n. 1. The buttock or thigh of a hog, pickled and smoked or dried; a smoked ham.
2. A game, called usually back-gammon, which see.
GAMMON
v.t.To make bacon; to pickle and dry in smoke. 1. To fasten a bowsprit to the stem of a ship by several turns of a rope.
GAMMON
v.t.In the game of back-gammon, the party that, by fortunate throws of the dice or by superior skill in moving, withdraws all his men from the board, before his antagonist has been able to get his men home and withdraw any of them from his table, gammons his antagonist.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GAMMON
Gam "mon, n. Etym: [OF. gambon, F. jambon, fr. OF. gambe leg, F.jambe. See Gambol, n., and cf. Ham. ]
Defn: The buttock or tight of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch. Goldsmith.
GAMMON
Gam "mon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gameed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gameing.]
Defn: To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
GAMMON
Gam "mon, n. Etym: [See 2d Game. ]
1. Backgammon.
2. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq. ]
GAMMON
GAMMON Gam "mon, v. t.
1. 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.
2. To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [Colloq. ] Hood.
GAMMON
Gam "mon, v. t. Etym: [Etymol. unknown. ] (Naut. )
Defn: To fasten (a bowsprit ) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. Totten.
GAMMONING
Gam "mon *ing, n. Etym: [From 5th Gammon. ] (Naut. )
Defn: 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 fashion, in the style of gammoning lashing, that is, having the turns of rope crossed. -- Gammoning hole (Naut. ), a hole cut through the knee of the head of a vessel for the purpose of gammoning the bowsprit.
GAMMONING
Gam "mon *ing, n. Etym: [From 4th Gammon. ]
Defn: The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person. [Colloq. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
gammon
gam mon 1 |ˈgamən ˈɡæmən | ▶noun ham that has been cured or smoked like bacon. • the bottom piece of a side of bacon, including a hind leg. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting the haunch of a pig ): from Old Northern French gambon, from gambe ‘leg. ’
gammon
gam mon 2 |ˈɡæmən ˈgamən | ▶noun a victory in backgammon (carrying a double score ) in which the winner removes all their pieces before the loser has removed any. ▶verb [ with obj. ] defeat (a backgammon opponent ) in such a way. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: apparently from Old English gamen or gamenian (see game ), with survival of the -n ending.
gammon
gam mon 3 |ˈɡæmən ˈgamən | informal, dated, chiefly Brit. ▶noun nonsense; rubbish. ▶verb [ with obj. ] hoax or deceive (someone ). ORIGIN early 18th cent.: origin uncertain; the term was first used as criminals' slang in give gammon to ‘give cover to (a pickpocket )’ and keep in gammon ‘distract (a victim ) for a pickpocket. ’
Oxford Dictionary
gammon
gammon 1 |ˈgamən | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. ham which has been cured or smoked like bacon. • [ count noun ] the bottom piece of a side of bacon, including a hind leg. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting the haunch of a pig ): from Old Northern French gambon, from gambe ‘leg ’.
gammon
gammon 2 |ˈgamən | ▶noun a victory in backgammon (carrying a double score ) in which the winner removes all their pieces before the loser has removed any. ▶verb [ with obj. ] defeat (an opponent ) with a gammon. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: apparently from Old English gamen or gamenian (see game 1 ), with survival of the -n ending.
gammon
gammon 3 |ˈgamən | informal, dated ▶noun nonsense; rubbish. ▶verb [ with obj. ] hoax or deceive (someone ). ORIGIN early 18th cent.: origin uncertain; the term was first used as criminals' slang in give gammon to ‘give cover to a pickpocket ’ and keep in gammon ‘distract a victim for a pickpocket ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
gammon
gam mon /ɡǽmən /名詞 U ⦅英 ⦆ブタの薫 (くん )製 [塩漬け ]肉 ; ガモン 〘薫製 塩漬け用のブタの後脚 脇腹の肉 〙.