gammon

Etymology 1
From, from (compare modern 🇨🇬), from , from , from. .

Noun

 * 1) A cut of quick-cured pork leg.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: шунка
 * Galician:, pernil, freán, presunto
 * Georgian: ბარკალი
 * Irish: gambún
 * Polish:
 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1) To cure bacon by salting.

Etymology 2
Probably a special use of.

Noun

 * 1)  A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.
 * 2)  Backgammon (the game itself).

Translations

 * Bulgarian: марс
 * Finnish:
 * Persian: مارس کردن

Verb

 * 1)  To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).

Etymology 3
Perhaps related to the first etymology, with reference to tying up a ham.

Noun

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

Verb

 * 1) To lash with ropes (on a ship).

Translations

 * Finnish: vesiharus
 * Galician:, , solta
 * Spanish: barbiquejo,

Etymology 4
Perhaps a special use of the word from etymology 2.

Noun

 * 1)  Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.

Verb

 * 1)  To deceive; to lie plausibly to.

Adjective

 * 1)  Pretending; joking.

Etymology 5
Gained popularity in 2017 (in the phrase "Great Wall of Gammon", likening the referents' rosy complexions to ), although the metaphor was in use earlier: the BBC points to a 2016 use of "gammon face". Not related to the "gammon tendency" in Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby, where the word means "nonsense".

Noun

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