Backgammon vs. Gammon

Backgammonnoun

A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.

Backgammonnoun

(backgammon) A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.

Backgammonverb

To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.

Backgammonnoun

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables.

Backgammonverb

In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table". When played for betting purposes, the winner in such a case scores three times the wagered amount.

Backgammonnoun

a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice

Backgammon

Backgammon is one of the oldest known board games. Its history can be traced back nearly 5,000 years to archaeological discoveries in Iran.

Gammonnoun

The lower or hind part of a side of bacon.

Gammonnoun

(backgammon) A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not taken a single stone; (also, rarely, backgammon, the game itself).

Gammonnoun

(nautical) A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).

Gammonnoun

(dated) Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.

Gammonnoun

A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.

Gammonverb

To cure bacon by salting.

Gammonverb

(backgammon) To beat by a gammon (without the opponent taking a stone).

Gammonverb

To lash with ropes (on a ship).

Gammonverb

To deceive, to lie plausibly.

Gammonnoun

The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch.

Gammonnoun

Backgammon.

Gammonnoun

A victory in the game of backgammon in which one player gammons another, i. e., the winner bears off all of his pieces before his opponent bears off any pieces; as, he won the match with three gammons in a row.

Gammonnoun

An imposition or hoax; humbug.

Gammonverb

To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.

Gammonverb

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. In certain variants of the game one who gammons an opponent scores twice the normal value of the game.

Gammonverb

To impose on; to hoax; to cajole.

Gammonverb

To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron.

Gammonnoun

meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

Gammonnoun

hind portion of a side of bacon

Gammonnoun

ham which has been cured or smoked like bacon

Gammonnoun

the bottom piece of a side of bacon, including a hind leg

Gammonnoun

a victory in backgammon (carrying a double score) in which the winner removes all their pieces before the loser has removed any.

Gammonnoun

nonsense; rubbish

Gammonverb

defeat (an opponent) with a gammon.

Gammonverb

hoax or deceive (someone)