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ham verb trans. & intrans. [ham] slang. Infl. -mm-. M20.
[from HAM noun1 II.]
Overact (a part, a scene, etc.). Freq. foll. by up.
M. Dickens She had hammed her scene with the seducer at the final run through. S. Middleton I have to act..And the temptation to ham it up is constant.