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ham it up
ham H0033600 (hăm)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, often cured by salting or smoking.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 exaggerate or overdo a dramatic role; overact.v.tr. To exaggerate or overdo (a dramatic role, for example).Idiom: ham it up To act or perform in an exaggerated, often intentionally broadly humorous or ridiculous style.
[Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm. Noun, sense 6, from obsolete slang hamfatter, a poor or amateurish actor, from the song "The Ham-Fat Man" (1863), considered typical of minstrel shows and their low standards of performance and depicting a stereotyped vision of slave life in the American South (including a slave who likes gravy made from ham fat). Noun, sense 7, short for ham operator, originally applied in the 1800s to telegraphers with poor skills, from ham-fisted and ham-handed.]
Ham H0033600 (hăm) In the Bible, a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.Thesaurus| Verb | 1.ham it up - exaggerate one's actingham, overact, overplaydramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing playsplayact, 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'" |
ham it up
ham it upTo act in an exaggerated way, typically in order to be funny. Your daughter loves to ham it up for the camera—you might have a little actress on your hands!See also: ham, upham upTo exaggerate a performance or act in an overstated or over-the-top manner, often to the level of being irksome or inappropriate. A noun or pronoun can be used between "ham" and "up." This is a serious play, so please don't ham up your part. My toddlers like to ham it up whenever we have company.See also: ham, upˌham it ˈup (informal) (especially of actors) when people ham it up, they deliberately exaggerate their emotions or movements: When we realized we were being filmed, we all started behaving differently, hamming it up for the cameras.A ham is an informal word for an actor who performs badly, especially by exaggerating emotions.See also: ham, upham it up
Synonyms for ham it upverb exaggerate one's actingSynonymsRelated Words- dramatic art
- dramaturgy
- theater
- theatre
- dramatics
- playact
- roleplay
- act
- play
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