1. Poor acting by a ham actor
   "His hamming ruined what could have been a good performance";
   - overacting

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

Type of: act, acting, performing, play, playact, playacting, playing

Antonym: underact

Encyclopedia: Hamming, Richard Wesley