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gammon

gammon · gammons

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A cut of quick-cured pork legA cut of quick-cured pork leg.

/ˈɡæmən/

» I prefer to eat gammon with mustard.

Значение

значений: 7

(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A cut of quick-cured pork leg.
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(исчисляемое, диалектное, неисчисляемое)A joke, trick; play, sport, merriment.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.
(исчисляемое, редкое, неисчисляемое)Backgammon (the game itself).
A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
(устаревшее, неисчисляемое)Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.
(Британия, исчисляемое, пренебрежительное, neologism, неисчисляемое)A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.

Ещё определения

hind portion of a side of bacon
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

Примеры

предложений: 1

I prefer to eat gammon with mustard.
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Переводы

языков: 3

Русский

По значениям 1

lower or hind part of a side of bacon:

Происхождение

From Middle English *gammon, gambon, from Old French gambon (compare modern French jambon

From Middle English *gammon, gambon, from Old French gambon (compare modern French jambon (“ham”)), from gambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ). Doublet of jambon and jamon.

From Middle English gamenen, gamene, from Old English gamnian, gæmnian, gamenian (“to joke, play”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamanōn, from Proto-Germanic *gamanōną (“to play, have fun, joke”). Cognate with Middle High German gamenen (“to mock, make fun of”), Icelandic gamna (“to have fun”). More at game.

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

Perhaps a special use of the word from etymology 2.

Gained popularity in 2017 (in the phrase "Great Wall of Gammon", likening the referents' rosy complexions to gammon (“ham, bacon”)), although the metaphor was in use earlier: the BBC points to a 2016 use of “gammon face”.

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