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ham1 nounham2 verb hamham1 /hæm/ ●●● S3 noun  ham1Origin: 1 Old English hamm2 1900-2000 Perhaps from amateur3 1800-1900 ham-fatter ‘bad actor’ (19-20 centuries), from the song 'The Ham-fat Man'. - At Christmas they sent hams and bourbon to the house.
- Bear hams were available from superior dealers in salted provisions.
- He gon na give me my ham.
- In this case a 101 year old ham, the most ancient in the world.
- On top, place half of cheese and ham.
- Thus creating a succulently flavoured ham that goes perfectly with a watercress and avocado salad and a few slices of brown bread.
- York ham is renowned throughout the world, although other hams are less well known.
► Broadcastingaerial, nounairtime, nounAM, nounantenna, nounatmospherics, nounaudio, adjectiveband, nounBBC, the, beacon, nounbeam, verbBeeb, the, bleep, verbboom, nounboom box, nounBritish Broadcasting Corporation, nounbroadband, nounbroadcast, nounbroadcast, verbcable television, CB, nounCCTV, nounCeefax, nounchannel, nounclosed circuit television, nouncommunications satellite, nouncontrast, noundial, nounDJ, nounexposure, nounflash, verbFM, nounfrequency, nounham, nounHz, interference, nounjam, verbkHz, kilohertz, nounlinkup, nounlive, adjectivelocal radio, nounlong wave, nounloudspeaker, nounLW, mast, nounmedium wave, nounmegahertz, nounMHz, modulate, verbmonitor, nounmono, nounmono, adjectiveNBC, nounnetwork, nounnetwork, verbon-air, adjectiveover, prepositionpresenter, nounprogramming, nounquadraphonic, adjectiveradio, nounradio, verbreceive, verbreceiver, nounreception, nounrepeat, verbrepeat, nounrerun, nounrerun, verbroger, interjectionsatellite, nounsatellite dish, nounsatellite television, nounsaturation, nounscrambler, nounseries, nounset, nounshipping forecast, nounship-to-shore, adjectiveshort wave, nounsignal, nounsignature tune, nounsimulcast, verbSOS, nounsound, nounsound bite, nounsound check, nounstatic, nountelecast, nounTeletext, nountelevise, verbtelevision, nountelevision licence, nountelly, nountime signal, nountrack, verbtransistor, nountransistor radio, nountransmission, nountransmit, verbtransmitter, nountune, verbtuner, nountweeter, nountwo-way, adjectiveUHF, noununscramble, verbveejay, nounvideo, nounvideo, adjectivevideo jockey, nounvolume, nounwaveband, nounwavelength, nounwhite noise, nounwireless, noun ► ham/cheese etc roll British English (=one that is filled with ham, cheese etc) ADJECTIVE► smoked· There would be a table groaning with smoked ham, with thick succulent slices of cold beef and crusty fresh bread.· I was thinking how funny it would be if I had switched the smoked salmon for ham. NOUN► sandwich· All she eats is a tongue or a ham sandwich.· And what about the ham sandwich?· She longed for a thick ham sandwich and her bed.· I went to the nearest deli and came back with a ham sandwich and a large container of coffee.· Reid in London A bowl of cornflakes can kill you-not to mention a ham sandwich or a T-bone steak.· Like Lindbergh, Signs brought five ham sandwiches on the 3, 610-mile trip.· I ate a ham sandwich on white bread with dill pickles that soaked through the bread and made it soggy and green. 1[countable, uncountable] the upper part of a pig’s leg, or the meat from this that has been preserved with salt or smoke → gammon: a ham sandwich a seven-pound ham2[countable] someone who receives and sends radio messages for fun rather than as their job3[countable] informal an actor who performs with too much false emotionham1 nounham2 verb hamham2 verb (past tense and past participle hammed, present participle hamming)  VERB TABLEham |
Present | I, you, we, they | ham | | he, she, it | hams | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | hammed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have hammed | | he, she, it | has hammed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had hammed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ham | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have hammed |
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Present | I | am hamming | | he, she, it | is hamming | | you, we, they | are hamming | Past | I, he, she, it | was hamming | | you, we, they | were hamming | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been hamming | | he, she, it | has been hamming | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been hamming | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be hamming | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been hamming |
- For all the kids care he could be Goofy, hamming it up for Mickey Mouse.
- Overemphasis, hamming it up, leads to the exaggerations of satire, cartooning, melodrama and farce.
► ham/cheese etc roll British English (=one that is filled with ham, cheese etc) ► ham it up- Every year Dad puts on his Santa suit and hams it up for the kids.
- For all the kids care he could be Goofy, hamming it up for Mickey Mouse.
- Overemphasis, hamming it up, leads to the exaggerations of satire, cartooning, melodrama and farce.
ham it up informal to perform with too much false emotion when acting |