Gammon vs. Ham

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)

Hamnoun

(anatomy) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

Hamnoun

(countable) A thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat.

Hamnoun

(uncountable) Meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food.

Hamnoun

The back of the thigh.

Hamnoun

Electronic mail that is wanted; mail that is not spam or junk mail.

Hamnoun

obsolete form of home

Hamnoun

(acting) an overacting or amateurish performer; an actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style

Hamnoun

(radio) an amateur radio operator

Hamverb

(acting) To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.

Hamnoun

Home.

Hamnoun

The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

Hamnoun

The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.

Hamnoun

a person who performs in a showy or exaggerated style; - used especially of actors. Also used attributively, as, a ham actor.

Hamnoun

The licensed operator of an amateur radio station.

Hamverb

To act with exaggerated voice and gestures; to overact.

Hamnoun

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

Hamnoun

(Old Testament) son of Noah

Hamnoun

a licensed amateur radio operator

Hamnoun

an unskilled actor who overacts

Hamverb

exaggerate one's acting

Hamnoun

(in the Bible) a son of Noah (Gen. 10:1), traditional ancestor of the Hamites.

Hamverb

overact

Ham

Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking. As a processed meat, the term includes both whole cuts of meat and ones that have been mechanically formed.