gammon
1 of 5noun (1)
gammon
2 of 5noun (2)
gammon
3 of 5verb (1)
transitive verb
gammon
4 of 5verb (2)
intransitive verb
transitive verb
gammon
5 of 5noun (3)
Synonyms
Verb (2)
- bamboozle
- beguile
- bluff
- buffalo
- burn
- catch
- con
- cozen
- deceive
- delude
- dupe
- fake out
- fool
- gaff
- gull
- have
- have on [chiefly British]
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hornswoggle
- humbug
- juggle
- misguide
- misinform
- mislead
- snooker
- snow
- spoof
- string along
- suck in
- sucker
- take in
- trick
Word History
Noun (1)
assimilated form of earlier gambon, borrowed from Anglo-French gamboun, jaumbeun, from gambe, jambe "hock of a horse, leg" + -on, diminutive or particularizing suffix, going back to Latin -ō, -ōn-, suffix of persons with a prominent feature — more at jamb
Noun (2)
probably shortened from backgammon
Verb (1)
derivative of gammon entry 2
Verb (2)
derivative of gammon entry 5
Noun (3)
argot word, earlier in sense "criminal accomplice who distracts a victim during a robbery," of uncertain origin
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1699, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1668, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
1781, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Noun (3)
1781, in the meaning defined above
gammoned
verb
Synonyms & Similar Words
- deceived
- tricked
- fooled
- strung along
- sucked in
- had on
- teased
- faked out
- took in
- misled
- deluded
- misinformed
- kidded
- pulled one's leg
- duped
- misguided
- caught
- snookered
- cheated
- juggled
- buffaloed
- suckered
- snowed
- bluffed
- bamboozled
- pulled the wool over one's eyes
- conned
- gulled
- humbugged
- burned
- spoofed
- burnt
- beguiled
- hoodwinked
- cozened
- put on
- stung
- gaffed
- had
- led one up the garden path
- hoaxed
- hornswoggled
- did a number on
- led one down the garden path
- stuck
- defrauded
- shortchanged
- skinned
- swindled
- rooked
- flimflammed
- mulcted
- hustled
- fleeced
- chiseled
- diddled
- squeezed
- bled
- euchred
- chiselled
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- exposed
- revealed
- uncovered
- undeceived
- disclosed
- debunked
- unmasked
- divulged
- unveiled
- told
- showed up
- disillusioned
- disenchanted
- disabused
- uncloaked
- for the life of one
- for the long haul
- for the love of God
- for the love of mike
- for the love of Mike/Pete
- for the love of pete
- for the meantime
- for the most part
- for the nonce
- for the public good
- for the record
- for the rest
- for the sake of appearances
- for the sake of it
- for the sake of simplicity
- for the simple reason that
- for the time being
- for the use of
- for the want of
- for the world
- for thy
- for to
- for want of
- for what
- for what it's worth