gammon vs overcome

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. 

overcome

verb
  • To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc. 

  • To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of. 

  • To prevail. 

  • To recover from (a difficulty), to get over 

  • To come or pass over; to spread over. 

noun
  • The burden or recurring theme in a song. 

  • A surplus. 

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