ham
IPA: hˈæm
noun
- (anatomy) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
- (countable) A thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat.
- (uncountable) Meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food.
- The back of the thigh.
- (Internet, informal, uncommon) Electronic mail that is wanted; mail that is not spam or junk mail.
- (acting) An overacting or amateurish performer; an actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style.
- (radio) An amateur radio operator.
- A surname.
- A suburban area in the borough of Richmond upon Thames and borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1771).
- Two districts (East Ham and West Ham) in borough of Newham, Greater London.
- A hamlet in Kent, England.
- A small village and civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, south of Hungerford, West Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3363).
- A village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2373)
- (biblical) A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.
- Obsolete form of home. [A dwelling.]
- Initialism of his apostolic majesty, the title given to a number of historical kings of Hungary.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of Hold-And-Modify, a display mode of the Commodore Amiga computer, allowing for a large number of colours on screen.
verb
- (acting) To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.
adverb
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular) Initialism of hard as a motherfucker, extremely hard, extremely intensely, crazily.
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Examples of "ham" in Sentences
- Ham is the main meal in the Philippines.
- Dr. Hawass is a total egoist and media ham.
- Make sure you buy ham and leg in the market.
- They take the ham and place the body in the hole.
- By the way, I'm jealous of the ham in the photo above.
- The only beach is at the head of Ham Voe on the east coast.
- Canaan is the son of Ham, and the ancestor of the Canaanites.
- Ham is the thigh and rump of pork from the haunch of a pig or boar.
- Collver and Ham formed the legislative caucus of the Unionest Party.
- The sandwiches are identical concoctions of ham, baloney, and turkey.
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