crucify vs gammon

crucify

verb
  • To thoroughly beat at a sport or game. 

  • To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage. 

  • To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross. 

gammon

verb
  • To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone). 

  • To lash with ropes (on a ship). 

  • To cure bacon by salting. 

noun
  • Backgammon (the game itself). 

  • A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning). 

  • A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone. 

  • A cut of quick-cured pork leg. 

  • A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively. 

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