The meaning of Ham
Ham – definition
nounSalted or smoked meat from the upper part of a pig's leg.
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Thin slices of hamnounThe back of the thigh or the thighs and buttocks.
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He squatted down on his hamsnounAn excessively theatrical actor.
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Ham actorsnounAn amateur radio operator.
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Tony had registered n7qvc.com because he's a keen radio ham and his call sign is - you guessed it -…
verbOveract.
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She hammed it up for the cameras
proper noun(in the bible) a son of noah (gen. 10:1), traditional ancestor of the hamites.
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Word origin
late 19th century (originally US): perhaps from the first syllable of amateur; compare with the US slang term hamfatter ‘inexpert performer’. ham2 (sense 2 of the noun) dates from the early 2
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