gammon vs roast

gammon

noun
  • A cut of quick-cured pork leg. 

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

verb
  • To lash with ropes (on a ship). 

  • To cure bacon by salting. 

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

roast

noun
  • A cut of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted. 

  • The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted. 

  • An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted. 

  • A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes. 

  • A social event at which food is roasted and eaten. 

  • A creative insult as a response to something someone said. 

  • A meal consisting of roast foods. 

verb
  • To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. 

  • To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc. 

  • To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat. 

  • To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. 

  • To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores. 

  • To admonish someone vigorously. 

  • To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine. 

adj
  • Having been cooked by roasting. 

  • Subjected to roasting; bantered; severely criticized. 

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