Definition of "hamming" []

• Present participle of ham. (verb)

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• "I wonder if that's where the term "hamming" for the camera came from?"
• "Posada and fellow long-in-the-tooth Yankee Mariano Rivera seemed to have the most fun of any Yankees pregame, hamming it up with their old teammates during the exhibition in the morning."
• "The cashier-girl is sitting at one of the dining room tables hamming it up with her gentleman friend."