Another word for ham

Definitions

ham Synonyms

ham

n.

Smoked pork thigh
gammon, sugar-cured ham, whole ham, half ham, butt, shank, York ham, Brandenburg ham, Virginia ham, Smithfield ham, Canadian bacon, peach-fed ham, picnic ham, rump; see also bacon, meat, pork.
The thigh of an animal
buttocks, hind part, hind leg, rear, back part, hind quarter; see also thigh.
One who overacts
exhibitionist, melodramatic actor, grandstander, showoff, hot dog*, hotshot*.

ham Synonyms

ham

v.

overact, overdramatize, milk a scene, ham it up*, out-herod Herod, mug*; see also exaggerate.

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