ham

[Ham]

(Old Testament) son of Noah

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Noun
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

Noun
an unskilled actor who overacts

Noun
a licensed amateur radio operator

Noun
(Old Testament) son of Noah

Verb
exaggerate one''s acting

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n.
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n.
The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

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


Ham

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

Ham

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.

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The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

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Usage Examples

Spending $1 for a brand new house would feel very, very good. Spending $1,000 for a ham sandwich would feel very, very bad. Spending $19,000 for a small family car would feel, well, more or less right. But as with physical pain, fiscal pain can depend on the individual, and everyone has a different threshold.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

When I was 24, I was full of life. I was that ham who wanted to be famous, a movie star, all that stuff. I think it's cool. But it was not what I was searching for, really. It was more a delusion.

The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops.

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