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gone ham

gone ham is the past participle 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: gone HAM

gone HAM

  1. (participle, past) past participle of go HAM

Questions about gone ham

What is gone ham the past participle of?
Gone ham is the past participle of go ham.
What part of speech is gone ham?
Gone ham is a verb.

Words near gone ham in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gone ham (page history and authors); gone 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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