Synonyms for ham up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ham |
| Phonetic Transcription : hæm |
Top 10 synonyms for ham up Other synonyms for the word ham up
- accent
- accentuate
- act
- act out
- act the part of
- appear as
- be on
- blow out of proportion
- bring down the house
- burlesque
- caricature
- characterize
- chew up the scenery
- discourse
- do a number
- do a turn
- dramatize
- emote
- enact
- exhibit
- farcialize
- feign
- get carried away
- give color to
- go over
- ham
- ham it up
- hyperbolize
- impersonate
- labor at
- lay an egg
- lay it on
- lay it on thick
- magnify
- make a production of
- make debut
- melodramatize
- mime
- mimic
- mug
- overact
- overdramatize
- overdraw
- overemphasize
- overplay
- overstate
- overstress
- overuse
- overwork
- parody
- perform
- personate
- personify
- play
- play a gig
- play act
- play gig
- play on heartstrings
- play part
- play role
- play to gallery
- play up
- playact
- point up
- portray
- present
- pretend
- produce
- put it over
- put on
- read a part
- rehearse
- render
- represent
- say one's piece
- show
- show off
- simulate
- splash
- stage
- star
- stooge
- stretch
- strut
- take part
- take the role of
- theatricalize
- tragedize
- travesty
- tread the boards
Définition of ham up
Origin :- "meat of a hog's hind leg used for food," 1630s, from Old English hamm "hollow or bend of the knee," from Proto-Germanic *hamma- (cf. Old Norse höm, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch hamme, Old High German hamma), from PIE *konemo- "shin bone" (cf. Greek kneme "calf of the leg," Old Irish cnaim "bone"). Ham-fisted (1928) was originally in reference to pilots who were heavy on the controls, as was ham-handed (by 1918). With hammen ifalden "with folded hams" was a Middle English way of saying "kneeling."
- As in overplay : verb be dramatic
- As in perform : verb act, depict as entertainment
- As in play : verb act; take the part of
- As in ham it up : verb be theatrical
- As in act : verb entertain by playing a role
- As in play-act : verb act
- As in dramatize : verb make a performance of
- As in emote : verb express emotion
- And Mary can bring the ham up at once, and I'll get going on that.
- Extract from : « First Plays » by A. A. Milne
Antonyms for ham up
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