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goes ham

goes ham is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go ham.

Meaning of go ham

Verb

go ham (third-person singular simple present goes ham, present participle going ham, simple past went ham, past participle gone ham)

  1. (intransitive, often, slang, with-on) To enter an enraged and uncontrollable state; to go berserk.
    • If you use her fabric scissors, she's going to go ham on you.
  2. (intransitive, often, slang, with-on) To do something with the maximum possible effort; to go all out.
    • My costume last Halloween was pretty lame, but this time I'm really going to go ham.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, ham.
    • Don't go ham on me. Don't go ham. I'm the whole works, and you know it. I'm just carrying you.1933, Ben Hecht, Gene Fowler, The Great Magoo: A Love-sick Charade in Three Acts and Something Like Eight Scenes, Recounting the Didoes of Two Young and Amorous Souls, who Nigh Perished when They...

Verb capitalized: goes HAM

goes HAM

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of go HAM

Questions about goes ham

What is goes ham the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes ham is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go ham.
What part of speech is goes ham?
Goes ham is a verb.

Words near goes ham in the dictionary

  1. goes green
  2. goes H.A.M.
  3. goes half and half
  4. goes halfsies
  5. goes halves
  6. goes ham
  7. goes hand in hand
  8. goes hang
  9. goes hard
  10. goes hard in the paint
  11. goes haywire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goes ham (page history and authors); goes HAM (page history and authors); go ham (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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