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    [Noun]  | "ham" | \ ˈham \


    1: the hollow of the knee

    2: a buttock with its associated thigh —usually used in plural

    3: a cut of meat consisting of a thigh; especially : one from a hog

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English hamme, homme "back of the knee, hock of a quadruped," going back to Old English hamm, homm (strong feminine) "back of the knee," going back to Germanic *hammō-, *hamō- (whence also Middle Dutch hamme "back of the knee, shank," Old High German hamma, hama (feminine weak noun) "hollow of the knee, calf, hock," hammo (masculine weak noun) "hock," Old Norse hǫm "back of the leg, haunch (of a horse)," going back to an Indo-European ablauting paradigm *konh2-m-, *kn̥h2-m-os, whence also Old Irish cnáim "bone," Greek knḗmē "shank, tibia"); (sense 3) probably short for {see: |hamfatter|hamfatter};

      * Note : The presumption is that the Germanic etymon is a generalization of the nominative form, while the Celtic and Greek etyma maintained the oblique form. The geminate -mm- in the Germanic words is most likely a reduction of *-nm-; G. Kroonen (Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic, Brill, 2013) explains the variation between single and double -m- as "analogical degemination [loss of gemination] in the nominative case of an n-stem paradigm.";

    [Noun]  | "Ham" | \ ˈham \


    1: a son of Noah held to be the progenitor of the Egyptians, Nubians, and Canaanites

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Hebrew;

    [Noun]  | "daisy ham" 


    1: a boned and smoked piece of pork from the shoulder

    Origin: circa 1933 ;

    [Noun]  | "Smith*field ham" | \ ˈsmith-ˌfēld- \


    1: a Virginia ham produced in or near Smithfield, Va.

    Origin: 1888 ;

    [Noun]  | "Virginia ham" 


    1: a dry-cured, smoked, and aged ham especially from a peanut-fed hog

    Origin: 1795 ;

    [Noun]  | "West*pha*lian ham" | \ wes(t)-ˈfāl-yən- \


    1: a ham of distinctive flavor produced by smoking with juniper brush

    Origin: 1722 ;

     Westphalia, Germany;

    [Verb]  | "ham" 


    1: to execute with exaggerated speech or gestures : overact

    2: to overplay a part

    Origin: 1933 ;

     Derivative of {see: |ham:1|ham:1} (sense 3);

    [Adjective]  | "ham-fist*ed" | \ ˈham-ˌfi-stəd \


    1: ham-handed

    Origin: 1928 ;

    [Adjective]  | "ham-hand*ed" | \ ˈham-ˌhan-dəd \


    1: lacking dexterity or grace : heavy-handed

    Origin: 1918 ;

    [Idiom]  | "ham it up" 


    1: to act or behave in an exaggerated or playful way

    [Adjective]  | "ham" 


    [Adjective]  | "ham-fisted" 


    1: lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands;


      * e.g., " ... that's a ham-fisted paint job if I ever saw one "




    [Adjective]  | "ham-handed" 


    1: lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands;


      * e.g., " ... much too ham-handed to use one of those tiny cell phones "




    [Noun]  | "ham" 


    1: as in thigh, calf;


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    2: as in actor, pantomimist;


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    3: as in radioman, CBer;


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    [Noun]  | "ham-handedness" 


    [Verb]  | "ham" 


    1: as in mimic, imitate;


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    [Adverb]  | "ham-handedly" 


     [ "ham" ]

    1: A stage, screen or television actor who overacts. An untalented actor who acts as if he or she is a great one.

      * e.g.,  ... Comic Jack Benny played the consummate ham, as Polish actor, Josef Tura, in the classic, 1942, Ernst Lubitch comedy film, "To Be or Not to Be," remade by Mel Brooks in 198 

     [ "ham" ]

    1: it means hard ass a motherfucker. used when refering to sports, fighting, or pretty much anything requiring skill.

      * e.g.,  ... I ain't finna do nothin, imma go ham on this nigga though. 

     [ "ham" ]

    1: Cured pig meat.

     [ "ham" ]

    1: A radio operator that is licensed by the FCC to talk on regulated area of the radio spectrum.

      * e.g.,  ... My Ham radio callsign is KCØXXX. 

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    2: Hams are issued a callsign such as KCØXXX to use to identify themselves on the air. A callsign is much like a finger print and is only issued to one person in the world. Hams take great pride in their callsigns and will display it everywhere from clothing to their vehicle license plate.

     [ "ham" ]

    3: Hams talk on the radio mostly for fun however there is great emphasis on emergency communications after a disaster such as an earthquake, hurricane, Sept 11 when other forms of communications do not work such as telephones and cell phones. With the proper equipment and license class a Ham can talk around the world.

     [ "ham" ]

    1: a huge, clumsy dork. a ham is someone who is embarassing but usually still a good friend

      * e.g.,  ... Mark just dropped his books all over the hall. What a ham! 

     [ "ham" ]

    1: An incompetent actor who over plays and is incapable of subtility. An over-actor

      * e.g.,  ... Joe was a dreadful ham in last week's play 

     [ "ham" ]

    1: real email - not spam

     [ "ham" ]

    1: hot ass mess

      * e.g.,  ... she looked a ham. 

     [ "ham" ]

    1: To go crazy,to act out in a wild way

      * e.g.,  ... She going ham on that dick!!! 

     [ "ham" ]

    1: Hoe Ass Motherfucka

      * e.g.,  ... Bruh you a ham 

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