ham
The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
Noun 4 meanings
The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
A thigh and/or buttock of a hog slaughtered for meat; (occasionally) the corresponding cut from some other animal.
Meat from the thigh and/or buttock of a hog cured for food.
“a little piece of ham for the cat”
The back of the thigh of humans or certain other animals.
Verb 1 meaning
To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.
“Near-synonym: camp it up”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm (“inner or hind part of the knee, ham”), from Proto-West Germanic *hammu, from Proto-Germanic *hamō, *hammō, *hanmō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).
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HAM at a glance
HAM has 3 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (H 4 + A 1 + M 3) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,788 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ham
All rhymes- GRAHAM12
- SHAM9
- FULHAM14
- PELHAM13
- BONHAM13
- WHAM12
- CHAM11
- BROUGHAM16
- GINGHAM14
- PETERSHAM16
- DIRHAM12
- DERHAM12
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