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
gammons
verb
Synonyms & Similar Words
- fools
- tricks
- deceives
- snookers
- kids
- suckers
- humbugs
- bluffs
- hoodwinks
- buffaloes
- gaffs
- gulls
- teases
- cozens
- cheats
- deludes
- snows
- cons
- misleads
- dupes
- strings along
- catches
- hoaxes
- has on
- misinforms
- spoofs
- stings
- juggles
- burns
- bamboozles
- hornswoggles
- fakes out
- leads one up the garden path
- leads one down the garden path
- beguiles
- sucks in
- takes in
- misguides
- pulls the wool over one's eyes
- has
- rooks
- pulls one's leg
- does a number on
- mulcts
- swindles
- sticks
- diddles
- fleeces
- skins
- defrauds
- chisels
- bleeds
- flimflams
- puts on
- hustles
- euchres
- shortchanges
- squeezes
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- reveals
- exposes
- debunks
- undeceives
- unmasks
- discloses
- tells
- uncovers
- divulges
- shows up
- uncloaks
- disabuses
- unveils
- disillusions
- disenchants
- rose nude
- rose of China
- rose of heaven
- rose of Jericho
- rose of Sharon
- rose oil
- rose ouzel
- rose parakeet
- rose pastor
- rose pink
- rose plum
- rose pogonia
- rose point
- rose pompadour
- rose purple
- rose quartz
- rose reamer
- rose recoupé
- rose rust
- rose ryal
- rose sawfly
- rose scale
- rose seizing
- rose slug
- rose soirée