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ham up

ham up verb: to make something more clichéd, or more cheesy.

Verb

ham up (third-person singular simple present hams up, present participle hamming up, simple past and past participle hammed up)

  1. (transitive) To make something more clichéd, or more cheesy.

Forms of ham up

third-person singular presenthams up
present participlehamming up
past participlehammed up
pasthammed up
alternative formham it up

Questions about ham up

What does ham up mean?
Ham up means to make something more clichéd, or more cheesy.
What part of speech is ham up?
Ham up is a verb.
What is the past tense of ham up?
The past tense of ham up is hammed up.

Words near ham up in the dictionary

  1. ham shank
  2. ham shanks
  3. ham steak
  4. ham steaks
  5. Ham Street
  6. ham up
  7. ham wild
  8. ham-and-egger
  9. ham-and-eggers
  10. ham-and-eggs daisy
  11. ham-fisted

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