gammon
1 Americannoun
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the game of backgammon.
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a victory in which the winner throws off all their pieces before the opponent throws off any.
verb (used with object)
noun
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a smoked or cured ham.
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the lower end of a side of bacon.
noun
verb (used without object)
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to talk gammon.
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to make pretense.
verb (used with object)
noun
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a double victory in backgammon in which one player throws off all his pieces before his opponent throws any
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archaic the game of backgammon
verb
noun
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a cured or smoked ham
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the hindquarter of a side of bacon, cooked either whole or cut into large rashers
noun
verb
verb
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Etymology
Origin of gammon1
First recorded in 1690–1700; perhaps special use of Middle English gamen game 1
Origin of gammon2
First recorded in 1480–90; from Old French gambon “ham” ( French jambon ), derivative of gambe; see jamb 1
Origin of gammon3
First recorded in 1710–20; perhaps special use of gammon 1
Example Sentences
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“It is more like gambling than traditional investing,” said Chad Gammon, a veteran financial adviser and owner of Custom Fit Financial in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025
“It’s a madhouse in Tennessee right now, because everybody’s at the grocery store, getting their last minute shopping done,” said Regina Gammon, the owner of Hendersonville Produce, a natural foods market in a Nashville suburb.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022
The Prices married in 1889 and built the home several years later along a two-block stretch of Gammon Avenue, flanked by the Gammon Theological Seminary and Price’s general store and post office.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2022
As computers improved their play, so did humans, who now study their games and learn from commercial and free programs such as eXtreme Gammon, PokerSnowie and Quackle.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022
Devoted principally to Social Matters, and the benignant Bearing of V. Gammon at a Diplomatic Soirée.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 by Newell, Robert H.
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