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What does hamming mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of ham
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The degree to which buffoonery links them only occurred to me while watching old clips of Cyril Smith hamming it up.
But script and company are trying to function in two registers simultaneously, and the show vacillates too wildly from child-focused hamming to bawdy double entendre.
Malik and Donnelly fail on both of these accounts, hamming up the production and the vocal, including a faux soulful emphasis.
Although they appeared to be hamming it up for the camera, there was definitely a frisson of flirtation.
One person's hamming up is another man's dramatic device and yet another man's way of getting the thing paid for and distributed.
His performance is excellent, avoiding overacting and hamming it up for the screen.

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