gammon

noun · verb · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

gammonsgamengammengammingamon

1.
(countable, uncountable)A cut of quick-cured pork leg.
2.
(countable, dialectal, uncountable)A joke, trick; play, sport, merriment.
3.
(countable, uncountable)(backgammon) A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.
4.
(countable, rare, uncountable)Backgammon (the game itself).
5.
(nautical) A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
6.
(dated, uncountable)Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.
Đồng nghĩa: gammon and pickles
7.
(UK, countable, derogatory, neologism, uncountable)A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

gammons

V_ing/Gerund

gammoning

V_ed/pp

gammonedgamen

1.
To cure bacon by salting.
2.
(dialectal)To joke, kid around, play.
3.
(backgammon) To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).
4.
To lash with ropes (on a ship).
5.
(colloquial, dated, transitive)To deceive; to lie plausibly to.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more gammon

Superlative

most gammon

1.
(Papua New Guinea)(Papua New Guinea, Australian Aboriginal, chiefly Queensland, Northern Territory) Fake, pretend; bullshit.
I was just being gammon.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

gammon and pickles

Cùng gốc / liên quan

backgammon Karengammonati

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Nguồn gốc từ

thumb grk-pro ine-pro From Middle English *gammon, gambon, from Old French gambon (compare modern jambon), from gambe (leg), from gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή. jambon jamon.