- present participle of ham.
hamming
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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
Was it necessary to have the head coach of the Warriors and a former Bulls shooting guard hamming it up on the party’s biggest night?
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2024
The 450-pound porker wandered from his pen last week then moseyed on down the road, where he was caught hamming it up on the Molgaard family’s security camera.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
At this, Musk makes a cartoon villain face, hamming it up to the host and audience.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2023
She was hamming it up a bit, but that was fine, and so was her hoarse whisper.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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