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hammed up

hammed up is the simple past and past participle of ham up.

Meaning of ham up

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.

Questions about hammed up

What is hammed up the simple past and past participle of?
Hammed up is the simple past and past participle of ham up.

Words near hammed up in the dictionary

  1. hammatoceratid
  2. hammatoceratids
  3. Hamme
  4. hammed
  5. hammed it up
  6. hammed up
  7. Hammell
  8. Hammells
  9. Hammen
  10. Hammens
  11. hammer

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