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Ham Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ham? [n] meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) [n] an unskilled actor who overacts [n] a licensed amateur radio operator [n] (Old Testament) son of Noah [v] exaggerate one's acting Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ham: gammon \| ham actor \| jambon \| overact \| overplay Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ham: acting \| actor-proof \| all-star \| amateur radio operator \| ankle \| ARRL \| bacon \| ballet \| balletic \| bayonet legs \| be theatrical \| bowlegs \| buffoonery \| business \| butt \| calf \| characterization \| chitterlings \| cinematic \| cinematographic \| cnemis \| cochon de lait \| control engineer \| country town \| cracklings \| crossroads \| declaim \| dramatic \| dramatical \| dramaturgic \| drumstick \| emote \| emotionalize \| fat back \| film \| filmic \| flitch \| foreleg \| gag \| gamb \| gambrel \| gammon \| gigot \| grimace \| grimacer \| gush \| ham actor \| ham it up \| ham steak \| hamlet \| hammy \| hammy acting \| haslet \| headcheese \| hind leg \| histrionic \| hock \| hoke \| hokum \| impersonation \| jamb \| jambon \| jambonneau \| knee \| lard \| leg \| legitimate \| limb \| make a scene \| melodramatic \| milked \| mimesis \| mimicking \| mimicry \| miming \| mixer \| monitor \| monodramatic \| movie \| mug \| mummery \| operatic \| out-herod Herod \| overact \| overacted \| overacting \| overdramatize \| overplayed \| pantomiming \| patter \| performance \| performing \| personation \| picnic ham \| pieds de cochon \| pig \| playacting \| playing \| podite \| popliteal space \| pork \| porkpie \| portrayal \| projection \| radio electrician \| radio engineer \| radio operator \| radio technician \| radioman \| radiotelegrapher \| radiotrician \| rant \| representation \| roar \| salt pork \| scenic \| scissor-legs \| sentimentalize \| shank \| shin \| side of bacon \| slapstick \| slobber over \| slop over \| small ham \| sowbelly \| spectacular \| spout \| stage business \| stage directions \| stage presence \| stagelike \| stageworthy \| stagy \| starstruck \| stellar \| stems \| stumps \| stunt \| suckling pig \| taking a role \| tarsus \| theaterlike \| theatrical \| theatricalize \| thespian \| thorp \| throw away \| thrown away \| trotters \| underact \| underacted \| underplayed \| vaudevillian \| village \| wick See Also \| act \| actor \| adult male \| cut of pork \| histrion \| man \| play \| playact \| player \| prosciuto \| radio operator \| role player \| roleplay \| thespian \| Virginia ham Ham In Webster's Dictionary \Ham\, n. Home. [North of Eng.] --Chaucer. \Ham\, n. [AS. ham; akin to D. ham, dial. G. hamme, OHG. hamma. Perh. named from the bend at the ham, and akin to E. chamber. Cf. {Gammon} ham.] 1. (Anat.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock. 2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking. A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak ham. --Shak.

Ham Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ham?

[n] meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
[n] an unskilled actor who overacts
[n] a licensed amateur radio operator
[n] (Old Testament) son of Noah
[v] exaggerate one's acting

Ham In Webster's Dictionary

\Ham\, n.
Home. [North of Eng.] --Chaucer.


\Ham\, n. [AS. ham; akin to D. ham, dial. G. hamme, OHG.
hamma. Perh. named from the bend at the ham, and akin to E.
chamber. Cf. {Gammon} ham.]
1. (Anat.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal
   space; the hock.

2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog
   cured by salting and smoking.

         A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak
         ham.                                  --Shak.

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