ham
noun
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
was hamming
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past progressiveof ham.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Equally, you might not have believed her for a second, and thought she was hamming up her pain because it's all gone wrong.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
When the camera rolled, she was all poise and precision, and when the director yelled cut, she was hamming it up for everyone.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2021
Enter Ian Poulter, who, on the 10th tee, was hamming it up with patrons, delivering his share of laughs and garnering shouts of encouragement and applause.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 4, 2018
In the party Presidium pew Malenkov was hamming a little, pretending to talk to the men around him.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was hamming it up a bit, but that was fine, and so was her hoarse whisper.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
