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backgammon

back·gam·mon [ ˈbak-ˌga-mən]

backgammon

noun

[ˈbak-ˌga-mən]

Definition of backgammon

: a board game played with dice and counters in which players try to be the first to gather their pieces into one corner and then systematically remove them from the board

Recent Examples on the Web

//Back in 1992, IBM first developed a rudimentary A.I. that learned to become a better backgammon player through trial and error.
— Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "A.I. Mastered Backgammon, Chess and Go. Now It Takes on StarCraft II," 31 Oct. 2019
//Mendocino residents Suzanne Lemley Schein and her husband, Glenn, lost power on Saturday and have been spending the time since playing backgammon by candlelight and going to bed early.
— Janie Har And Jocelyn Gecker, chicagotribune.com, "As California utility imposes more fire-prevention blackouts, frustration and anger mount: ‘I don’t think PG&E really thought this through’," 29 Oct. 2019
//While a serene color scheme of blues, whites and grays provides the backdrop for most of the house, Lester incorporated a few zippy hits of color, like the tomato-red backgammon table off of the living room, or the chartreuse downstairs bedroom.
— Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, "See How Gray Malin Turned a Fixer-Upper Into a Dreamy Lake House," 18 June 2019
//Like other owners of upscale apartments, Marks plans to host events intended to entice tenants away from their electronic devices into communal activities such as bowling leagues, movie nights and backgammon tournaments.
— Los Angeles Times, "Los Angeles apartment owners race to add luxury amenities," 11 Aug. 2019
//And in the 1990s, Gerald Tesauro, also from IBM, built a backgammon program that pitted the algorithm against itself.
— Quanta Magazine, "Why Artificial Intelligence Like AlphaZero Has Trouble With the Real World," 21 Feb. 2018
//And in the 1990s, Gerald Tesauro, also from IBM, built a backgammon program that pitted the algorithm against itself.
— Quanta Magazine, "Why Artificial Intelligence Like AlphaZero Has Trouble With the Real World," 21 Feb. 2018
//The Reading Suite was decked out with all of Mezrich’s favorites: a backgammon board, a typewriter, and books by Ernest Hemingway and Brett Easton Ellis.
— Lillian Brown, BostonGlobe.com, "Ben Mezrich takes over the Hotel Commonwealth Reading Suite," 25 June 2019
//And in the 1990s, Gerald Tesauro, also from IBM, built a backgammon program that pitted the algorithm against itself.
— Quanta Magazine, "Why Artificial Intelligence Like AlphaZero Has Trouble With the Real World," 21 Feb. 2018

First Known Use of backgammon

1647, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for backgammon

perhaps from back entry 3 + Middle English gamen, game game

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