ham

6 definitions • 6 examples

pig's meat from the leg or shoulder, preserved with salt or smoke

an actor whose style of acting is artificial and old-fashioned, often using movements and emotions that are too obvious:

old ham They had some dreadful old ham in the main part.

ham actor His critics wrote him off as a ham actor.

a person who operates a radio station as a hobby rather than as a job:

radio ham A radio ham picked up their signal and called the coastguard.

meat from a pig’s leg or shoulder:

[ C ] a boiled ham

[ U ] ham and eggs

an actor who tends to perform with too much obvious expression

a person who operates a radio station as a hobby:

a ham radio operator