backgammon

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/ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/

Definition of backgammon

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.

“"I have borrowed Mrs. Palmer's backgammon-board," said Isabella, whose notion of an elderly gentleman's amusements of an evening was derived from what she had seen Mr. Palmer do.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.

“"I have borrowed Mrs. Palmer's backgammon-board," said Isabella, whose notion of an elderly gentleman's amusements of an evening was derived from what she had seen Mr. Palmer do.”
(countable, uncountable)A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.

verb

To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.

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Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).

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