gammon

1. (dialectal) A joke, trick; play, sport, merriment.countabledialectaluncountable

2. (backgammon) A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.Examples: "Toward the end of the game Roger had not borne off a single stone belonging to Roseanna, and she scored a gammon. She could not hide the triumph in her eyes. “Perhaps you will play a better game if we play for something closer to your heart,” she suggested."countableuncountable

3. (rare) Backgammon (the game itself).Examples: "We started about 7:00 drinking beers and playing gammon. Then after getting a little “loose” we went to a girls dorm."countablerareuncountable

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

1. (dated) Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.Examples: "Some people maintains^([sic]) that an Englishman's house is his castle. That's gammon."; "“Gammon, Pen—go on,” Foker said."; "He swore that all other religions were gammon, / And wore out his knees in the worship of Mammon."Synonyms: gammon and picklesdateduncountable

1. (colloquial, dated, transitive) To deceive; to lie plausibly to.Examples: "And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir."; "This blackfulla's driving a car. Copper stops 'im, says, “Did you know you were speeding?” Blackfulla says, “No.” His Missus goes, “Oh yeah you did, eh.” Cop says, “Did you know your tail lights aren't working? Guy says, "No". His missus says, "You did an' all, Dont you gammon to them coppers." Guy goes to his Missus, "Shut up!" Copper asks the Missus, "Does he always talk to you like that?" She goes, "Only when he's drunk!""colloquialdatedtransitive

1. (Papua New Guinea, Australian Aboriginal, chiefly Queensland, Northern Territory) Fake, pretend; bullshit.Examples: "I was just being gammon."; "She ripped the fake coins off […] and tried a black lacy veil, which covered Kerry's forehead, mouth and chin, rendering her mysterious. ‘I look like a Muslim,’ Kerry said doubtfully. […] It was better than the gammon coins though, so she left it."Papua-New-Guinea