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Synonyms for gammon

21 synonyms
1 meaning

verb
noun

All synonyms

Verb

gull, diddle, humbug, outwit, bamboozle informal, trick, hoax, beguile, deceive, delude, overreach, circumvent, dupe, cozen, chouse

Noun

1. Ham

ham, bacon, jambon UK IE

Other

tripe and onions, pickles informal, gammonati slang

Definitions

v. 1
To cure bacon by salting.
n. 1
A cut of quick-cured pork leg.

Related words

Phrases: gammon and pickles
Other spellings: gammin

Forms

Plural: gammons → hams, bacons, jambons, gammonatis…
Past participle: gammoned
e.g. gammoned → gulled, diddled, humbuged, outwitted…

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
gammon		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: ham¹
4 letters: hoax¹, gull¹, dupe¹
5 letters: trick¹, bacon², cozen
6 letters: humbug², outwit², delude², diddle², jambon, chouse
7 letters: pickles², deceive², beguile²
9 letters: overreach³, bamboozle, gammonati
10 letters: circumvent³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bacon² = 2 syllables).