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1. Meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
   - jambon, gammon
    
2. A licensed amateur radio operator
    
3. An unskilled actor who overacts
   - ham actor
    
4. The back of the thigh

1. (dramaturgy) exaggerate one's acting
   - overact, ham it up, overplay

1. (Old Testament) the second son of Noah

Derived forms: hamming, hammed, hams

Type of: act, actor, adult male, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], cut of pork, geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], histrion, hombre [Brit, N. Amer, informal], man, play, playact, player, radio operator, role player, roleplay, sod [informal], thespian

Encyclopedia: Ham, Shetland