gammon

Plural: gammons

Noun

meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
hind portion of a side of bacon
A cut of quick-cured pork leg.
A joke, trick; play, sport, merriment.
A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.
Backgammon (the game itself).
A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.
A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.

Verb

Verb Forms: gammoned, gammoning, gammons

To deceive or trick someone, often with elaborate bluster.
To cure bacon by salting.
To joke, kid around, play.
To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).
To lash with ropes (on a ship).
To deceive; to lie plausibly to.

Adj

Fake, pretend; bullshit.

Examples

He tried to GAMMON his opponent into thinking he had no vowels left.
I was just being gammon.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English *gammon, gambon, from Old French gambon (compare modern French jambon (“ham”)), from gambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ). Doublet of jambon and jamon.

Synonyms

ham, jambon, gammon and pickles

Scrabble Score: 11

gammon: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
gammon: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gammon: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

gammon: valid Words With Friends Word