ham
verb C2- To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions. · Near-synonym: camp it up
He/she/it hams · Past hammed · Past participle hammed · -ing form hamming
Verb forms
- Base form
- ham
- He/she/it
- hams
- Past
- hammed
- Past participle
- hammed
- -ing form
- hamming
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“He is at present reported from Leicester, Nottingham, Southampton, Derby, East Ham, Richmond, and fourteen other places.
In three of them—East Ham, Leicester, and Liverpool—there is a clear case against him, and he has actually been arrested.
“Yes, yes, no doubt he is somewhere, and no doubt we shall get him; but I would not have you waste your energies in East Ham or Liverpool.
At the expiration of a year the governor was transferred; he had obtained charge of the fortress at Ham.
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