an actor who overacts or relies on stock gestures or mannerisms
b.
overacting or clumsy acting
c.
(as modifier)
a ham actor
2. informal
a.
a licensed amateur radio operator
b.
(as modifier)
a ham licence
verbWord forms: hams, hamming or hammed
3. informal
to overact
Word origin
C19: special use of ham1; in some senses probably influenced by amateur
Examples of 'ham acting' in a sentence
ham acting
The full-tilt opening briefly suggested more ham acting.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Small voices elsewhere, poor diction, and a tepid, costumeless semi-staging that occasionally descended into embarrassing village-hall ham-acting - none of that helped.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But his ham acting did not diminish our faith in him.