backgammon

back·gam·mon

B0012000 (băk′găm′ən)n. A board game for two persons, played with pieces whose moves are determined by throws of dice, with the object being to move all of one's pieces to an end point where they are removed from the board. The first player to have no pieces on the board wins.

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[back + gammon.]

backgammon

(ˈbækˌɡæmən; bækˈɡæmən) n1. (Games, other than specified) a game for two people played on a board with pieces moved according to throws of the dice2. (Games, other than specified) the most complete form of win in this game[C17: back¹ + gammon, variant of game¹]

back•gam•mon

art at back-pedal (ˈbækˌgæm ən, ˌbækˈgæm-)

n. a game for two persons in which pieces are moved around a board having two tables or parts, and then removed according to throws of the dice. [1635–45; back² + gammon, perhaps akin to game]

backgammon

- Appears to literally mean "back game," and was first called tables; gammon is the ancestor of game.See also related terms for tables.

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backgammon - a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the diceboard game - a game played on a specially designed board

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