hammy

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English ham English -y English hammy From ham + -y.

1. Resembling or characteristic of ham.

   “Then again this is Mayfair. A big, rustling bowl of deep-fried squid with a salty chilli kick cost £7.50; a generous pile of jamon croquetas, the shells giving way to something creamy and intensely hammy within, was 50p less.”

2. Amateurish; characterized by overacting.

   “Jack Crawford: I’m Special Agent Jack Crawford. I lead the Behavioral Science Unit. Will Graham: We’ve met. Jack Crawford: Yes, we had a disagreement about the museum when we opened it. Will Graham: I disagreed with what you named it. Jack Crawford: The Evil Minds Research Museum? Will Graham: It’s a little hammy, Jack.”

   “McDonald & Dodds is back, with episode one so deliberately hammy and meta that, technically, it should have been a complete horlicks. In one scene, when they were all hanging on to the balloon ropes, Mr Bean-like, to stop Jason Watkins flying away, it sort of was.”

name

1. A diminutive of the male given name Hamilton.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English hamster English -y English hammy From hamster + -y.

1. A hamster.