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Ham  (hm)

In the Bible, a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.

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ham  (hm)

n.

1. The thigh of the hind leg of certain animals, especially a hog.

2. A cut of meat from the thigh of a hog.

3. The back of the knee.

4. The back of the thigh.

5. hams The buttocks.

6. A performer who overacts or exaggerates.

7. A licensed amateur radio operator.

v. hammed, ham·ming, hams

v.intr.

To overact.

v.tr.

To exaggerate or overdo (a dramatic role, for example).

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[Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm. N., senses 6 and 7, possibly from ham-fatter, a poor or amateurish actor.]

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ham¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the part of the hindquarters of a pig or similar animal between the hock and the hip

2. (Cookery) the meat of this part, esp when salted or smoked

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Informal

a.  the back of the leg above the knee

b.  the space or area behind the knee

4. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Crafts) Needlework a cushion used for moulding curves

[Old English hamm; related to Old High German hamma haunch, Old Irish cnāim bone, camm bent, Latin camur bent]

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ham²

n

1. (Performing Arts / Theatre) Theatre informal

a.  an actor who overacts or relies on stock gestures or mannerisms

b.  overacting or clumsy acting

c.  (as modifier) a ham actor

2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) Informal

a.  a licensed amateur radio operator

b.  (as modifier) a ham licence

vb hams, hamming, hammed

Informal to overact

[special use of ham¹; in some senses probably influenced by amateur]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ham - meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) gammon, jambon cut of pork - cut of meat from a hog or pig Virginia ham - a lean hickory-smoked ham; has dark red meat prosciutto - Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin
	2.	Ham - (Old Testament) son of Noah Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
	3.	ham - a licensed amateur radio operator radio operator - someone who operates a radio transmitter
	4.	ham - an unskilled actor who overacts ham actor actor, histrion, thespian, role player, player - a theatrical performer
Verb	1.	ham - exaggerate one's acting ham it up, overact, overplay dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays playact, roleplay, act, play - perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"

Translations

ham [hæm]

A. N

1. (Culin) → jamón m

2. hams (Anat) → nalgas fpl

3. (Theat) (also ham actor) → comicastro m, actor m histriónico (also ham actress) → actriz f histriónica

4. (= radio ham) → radioaficionado/a m/f

B. VI (Theat) → actuar de una manera exagerada or melodramática

ham up VT + ADV to ham it up → actuar de manera exagerada or melodramática

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ham [ˈhæm]

n

(= food) → jambon m Parma ham

(also radio ham) → radioamateur m

(also ham actor) → cabotin(e) m/f >

modif

[salad, pizza] → au jambon
ham sandwich → sandwich m au jambon

(RADIO) (= amateur) [radio] → amateur ham radio operator

ham up

vt [+ part, speech] → exagérer
to ham it up (gen) → en rajouter; [actor] → surjouer
ham acting n → cabotinage > m

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ham

n

(Cook) → Schinken m; ham sandwich → Schinkenbrot nt

(Anat) hams → (hintere) Oberschenkel pl; (of animal) → (Hinter)keulen pl; to squat on one’s hams → hocken, in der Hocke sitzen

(Theat) → Schmierenkomödiant(in) m(f)

(Rad inf) → Funkamateur(in) m(f)

adj attr acting → übertrieben, zu dick aufgetragen; ham actor → Schmierenkomödiant(in) m(f)

vi (Theat) → chargieren, übertrieben spielen

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ham [hæm] n

a. (Culin) → prosciutto
ham and eggs → uova fpl al prosciutto

b. (fam) (radio ham) → radioamatore/trice; (ham actor) → gigione/a

ham up vt + adv to ham it up (fam) → fare l'esagerato/a

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ham [hæm] n

a. (Culin) → prosciutto
ham and eggs → uova fpl al prosciutto

b. (fam) (radio ham) → radioamatore/trice; (ham actor) → gigione/a

ham up vt + adv to ham it up (fam) → fare l'esagerato/a

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ham

n ham [hӕm]

the top of the back leg of a pig, salted and dried. ham لَحْم فَخْذ الخِنزير المُمَلَّح والمُقَدَّد шунка šunka skinke der Schinken ζαμπόν jamón sink ژامبون نمک زده خوک kinkku jambon בשר יֶרֶך-חֲזִיר सूअर का पुठ्ठा but; šunka sonka ham skinka prosciutto ハム 돼지의 허벅다리, 햄 kumpis šķiņķis ham ham skinke szynka pernil şuncă, jambon ветчина šunka šunka šunka skinka เนื้อขาหมูรมควัน jambon 火腿 стегно; шинка سؤر کے گوشت کی نصف ران نمک لگا کر سکھائی یا بھونی ہوئی giăm bông 火腿

adj ham-ˈfisted

clumsy He can't tie a knot in that rope – he's too ham-fisted. onhandig, lomp مُرْتَبِك اليَدَيْن несръчен nešikovný fummelfingret ungeschickt αδέξιος torpe, desmañado kobakäpp دست و پا چلفتی kömpelö maladroit מְגוּשָׁם भद्दा nespretan kétbalkezes kikuk klunnalegur, klaufalegur maldestro 不器用な 솜씨없는 atgrubnagis neveikls; lempīgs cemerkap onhandig klønet niezdarny, o dwóch lewych rękach desajeitado неуклюжий nešikovný neroden trapav fumlig, klumpig sakar 笨手笨腳的 руки не звідти виросли پھوہڑ lóng ngóng 笨手笨脚的

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Ham → فخذ الخنزير المدخن šunka skinke Schinken ζαμπόν jamón kinkku jambon šunka prosciutto ハム 햄 ham skinke szynka presunto ветчина skinka ต้นขาหลังของหมู jambon thịt giăm-bông 火腿