hamming
- n poor acting by a ham actor
- v exaggerate one's acting
- For adult filmgoers, the most fun thing about a Harry Potter movie is seeing all those great classically trained British actors--Maggie Smith, Gary Oldman, Emma Thompson--hamming .
- York, Clark's black slave, was a hit with the Indians, hamming it up to break the ice.
- And if you peeked up at the front of Air Force Two, you might see the most serious man in the world hamming it up, calling a photographer forward to snap a picture of the Vice .