backgammon
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
backgammon
- 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.
- (backgammon
) 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.
- French: backgammon
- German: Backgammon
- Italian: backgammon, tric trac, tavola reale
- Portuguese: gamão
- Russian: на́рды
- Spanish: backgammon
backgammon (backgammons, present participle backgammoning; past and past participle backgammoned)
- 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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