1. Meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
   "He thinly sliced the ham for the charcuterie board";
   - jambon, gammon
    
2. A licensed amateur radio operator
   "The ham spent hours communicating with other enthusiasts around the world"
    
3. An unskilled actor who overacts
   "The ham actor's exaggerated gestures drew unintended laughter from the audience";
   - ham actor [informal]
    
4. The back of the thigh
   "He felt a sharp pain in his ham after sprinting"

1. Act or perform in an exaggerated or overly dramatic way
   "The comedian hammed it up for laughs";
   - overact, ham it up, overplay

1. (Old Testament) the second son of Noah and ancestor of the African peoples according to biblical tradition
   "Ham's descendants were cursed by Noah"

Derived forms: hammed, hamming, hams

Type of: act, actor, adult male, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], cut of pork, geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], histrion [archaic], hombre [N. Amer, informal], man, play, playact, player, radio operator, role player, sod [informal], thesp [Brit, informal], thespian

Antonym: underact

Encyclopedia: Ham, London, England