ham
(hæm )
Word forms: hams , hamming , hammed
1. variable noun A2
Ham is meat from the top of the back leg of a pig, specially treated so that it can be kept for a long period of time.
...a huge baked ham.
...ham sandwiches.
...a dozen slices of ham.
2. countable noun
A ham is a person whose hobby consists of using special radio equipment to talk to other people with the same hobby, often people who are in other countries.
I became a ham radio operator at the age of eleven.
3. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
A ham actor is someone who acts badly, exaggerating every emotion and gesture.
4. ham sth up phrase
If actors or actresses ham it up, they exaggerate every emotion and gesture when they are acting, often deliberately because they think that the audience will be more amused.
Thrusting themselves into the spirit of the farce, they ham it up like mad.
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Collocations:
ham actor ham hock ham roll ham salad ham sandwich
The cynical stud earns his weekly wage as a ham actor in a colonial theme park.
Times, Sunday Times
I tell you, if he wasn't a revered spiritual leader, he'd be a great ham actor.
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He would be saying, as ham actors often implicitly do: love me.
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Ham actors need them even more.
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They came first with a titchy pissaladière and a microscopic ham hock toastie.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Make a double batch for a light lunch with a generous handful of parmesan croutons or ham hock.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But then he sent me a photograph of his dinner: ham hock, new potatoes and various fancy veg.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
This time I'm adding ham hock.
The Sun (2016)
Spaghetti with pulled ham mustard cream sauce I'm a sucker for those double packs of pulled ham hock.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One in ten people surveyed admitted having the same meal for lunch every day, with top choices being a plain cheese sandwich or a ham roll.
The Sun
And all other places where they serve muesli crunch bars instead of ham rolls in the canteen.
Times, Sunday Times
It will certainly pay for a few ham rolls.
The Sun
Whether you fancy tucking in to bangers 'n' mash, a bacon sarnie or a nice ham salad, it's a great way to give back.
The Sun
I tend to have scrambled eggs for breakfast, a home-made ham salad or sandwich for lunch, fish, mash and veg for dinner.
The Sun
Occasionally there would be cold cuts of meat, such as ham salad.
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I had porridge for breakfast, ham salads for lunch and chicken with vegetables for dinner.
The Sun
All he'd had today was a dried-up ham sandwich, a stale vending-machine Milky Way, and what passed in the squad room for coffee.
DOLL'S EYES (2004)
Over and over again we heard that the grand jury bar for an indictment is so low all it takes is a ham sandwich.
Christianity Today (2000)
It is better to eat a protein bar than a ham sandwich.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Translations:
Chinese: 火腿
Japanese: ハム
- long-term bonus
- long-term buy
- long-term change
- long-term commitment
- long-term complications
- long-term consequence
- long-term contract
- long-term cost
- long-term damage
- long-term deal
- long-term debt
- long-term decline
- long-term dependency
- long-term development
- long-term effect
- long-term efficacy
- long-term engagement
- long-term exposure
- long-term fix
- long-term forecast
- long-term friendship
- long-term funding
- long-term future
- long-term gain
- long-term goal