ham

Significat (English)

Noun

1. The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
2. A thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat.
3. Meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food.
4. The back of the thigh.
5. (informal) Electronic mail that is wanted; mail that is not spam or junk mail.

Verb

To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.

Synonyms

gammon

pork

overact

ham actor

ham it up

jambon

overplay

hock

thigh

hough

play

rump

underact

underplay

amateur radio operator

back of the knee

dark meat

ground round

top of the thigh

proximal segment

popliteal space

hamfatter

swine’s flesh

panini

amateur

boarp

bacon

🥓

buttock

emote

femur

haunch

knuckle

leg of mutton

leg of veal

lowbrow

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈhæm/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: hamme

Inherited from anglès antic: hamm

Cognate with neerlandès: ham

Cognate with alemany: Hamme

Cognate with suec: ham

Cognate with islandès: höm

Cognate with irlandès antic: cnáim

Cognate with grec antic: κνήμη

In summary

From Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm (“inner or hind part of the knee, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *hamō, *hammō, *hanmō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).
Cognate with Dutch ham (“ham”), dialectal German Hamme (“hind part of the knee, ham”), dialectal Swedish ham (“the hind part of the knee”), Icelandic höm (“the ham or haunch of a horse”), Old Irish cnáim (“bone”), Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē, “shinbone”). Compare gammon.