Ham Definition
hăm
hammed, hamming, hams
noun
hams
The part of the leg behind the knee.
Webster's New World
The hock or hind leg of a four-legged animal.
Webster's New World
The back of the thigh.
Webster's New World
The upper part of a hog's hind leg, or meat from this, salted, dried, smoked, etc.
Webster's New World
The thigh and the buttock together.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- melodramatic actor
- exhibitionist
- hot-dog
- showoff
- grandstander
- hotshot
- arrl
- radioman
- radiotelegrapher
- ham-actor
- jambon
- gammon
- hind quarter
- back part
- rear
verb
hammed, hamming, hams
To act with exaggeration.
Webster's New World
To overact.
American Heritage
To exaggerate or overdo (a dramatic role, for example).
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- out-herod Herod
- milk a scene
- ham-it-up
- overact
- mug
- overdramatize
- overplay
adjective
Having to do with licensed amateur radio operation.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
His Apostolic Majesty, the title given to a number of historical kings of Hungary.
Wiktionary
Origin of Ham
Middle English hamme from Old English hamm N., senses 6 and 7, possibly from ham-fatter a poor or amateurish actor
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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