Gammon word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "gammon" word

[noun] hind portion of a side of bacon
[noun] meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

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\Gam"mon\ (-m[u^]n), n. [OF. gambon, F. jambon, fr. OF. gambe leg, F. jambe. See {Gambol}, n., and cf. {Ham}.] The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch. --Goldsmith.
\Gam"mon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gammoned} (-m[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gammoning}.] To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
\Gam"mon\, n. [See 2d {Game}.] 1. Backgammon. 2. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.]
\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.
\Gam"mon\, v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] (Naut.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. --Totten.

Synonyms for gammon

ham, jambon

Related terms: act, affect, babblement, balderdash, betray, butt, chitterlings, crap, dupe, four-flush, hokum, let on, let on like, make believe, make like, play, prattle, side of bacon, stultiloquence, suckling pig, two-time, waffling

The fun area, different aproach to word »gammon«

Let's analyse "gammon" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: NOMMAG. Average typing speed for these characters is 1590 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: --. .- -- -- --- -.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: gammon: 1 + 6 = 7, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: gammon: 7 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 5 = 27, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
G (1)	7	Chariot	Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
M (2)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter

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