gammon

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

A cut of quick-cured pork leg.

Verb

To cure bacon by salting.

Verb

1. (dialectal) To joke, kid around, play.
2. To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).

Verb

To lash with ropes (on a ship).

Verb

To deceive; to lie plausibly to.

Adj

Fake, pretend; bullshit.

Conceptos

jamón

embuste

Sinónimos

ham

jambon

humbug

backgammon

hoax

leg of veal

circumvention

deceit

deceive

deception

delusion

eloquence

fake

fallacy

fraud

guile

gyp

chatter

beguilement

bilk

imposition

imposture

leg of mutton

jiggery pokery

lie

nonsense

rubbish

sham

spoof

swindle

swindling

talk

🗣️

trick

trickery

humbuggery

cheat

checkers

Traducciones

jambon

aldatmak

prosciutto affumicato

toucinho

🥓

aldatma

tavla

jambon fumé

lard fumé

prosciutto

فخذ الخنزير

presunto

pernil

boş laf

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɡæmən/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio:

Cognado con francés: jambon

In summary

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.