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Meaning of ham

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ham
      n 1: meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) [syn:
           {ham}, {jambon}, {gammon}]
      2: (Old Testament) son of Noah
      3: a licensed amateur radio operator
      4: an unskilled actor who overacts [syn: {ham}, {ham actor}]
      v 1: exaggerate one's acting [syn: {overact}, {ham it up},
           {ham}, {overplay}] [ant: {underact}, {underplay}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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