ham² /ham/ (informal)

1. An actor who rants and overacts
2. Overacting
3. A part that lends itself to this
4. An inexpert boxer
5. An amateur, esp an amateur radio operator

1. Given to overacting or ranting
2. Amateur
3. Clumsy, coarse, inexpert

To overact

• beaminess
• beaminesses
• brasier
• brass
• brassard
• brassards
• brassart
• brass band
• brass bands
• brass-bounder
• brass-bounders
• brasserie
• brasseries
• brasses
• brasset
• brass-faced
• brass farthing
• brass farthings
• brassfounder
• brassfounders
• brassfounding
• brassfoundings
• brass hat
• brass hats
• brassica