A diminutive of the male given name Hamilton.
Used in a Sentence
hammy
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hammy.
Editorial note
TLJ is pretty much fine art compared to the schlock-fest and hammy writing of the Sierra crew.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
A diminutive of the male given name Hamilton.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of hammy gathered in one view.
Amateurish; characterized by overacting.
Resembling or characteristic of ham.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for hammy.
noun
A diminutive of the male given name Hamilton.
adjective
Amateurish; characterized by overacting.
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of ham.
noun
(informal, childish) A hamster.
Example sentences
TLJ is pretty much fine art compared to the schlock-fest and hammy writing of the Sierra crew.
A hammy over the top dystopian style website on a technology rights topic that ISN'T made by the EFF!
Go have a Moons Over My Hammy and get ready to really work some magic in the upcoming months.
Excruciating, hammy read - wish he'd tone down the dramatic prose and just give us the info.
GPT4's writing is less hammy, but sounds vaguely like marketing material even when it's clearly not supposed to be.
Metropolis, though overlong and a bit hammy, pulled me through with the music and the visuals.
They're considerably less fraught in both iconography and philosophy than some of the other series, and quite a bit more hammy.
As a hero-in-training montages go, this part is one of the most implausible and hammy.
SpamAssassin assigns a score (positive = more spammy, negative = more hammy) to each rule.
Too often the disembodied narration in first person games comes off as hammy.
Line of Duty - decent procedural but increasingly bonkers stories and hammy script/delivery.
But I really enjoyed the early quests and their unique stories, even the hammy stuff like the Edwin VanCleef/Deadmines quests.
Quote examples
Donny Osmond's transformation from hammy "playing along with the show" to astounded "wtf is going on here?" is hilarious.
The reason nitrates are such a big deal with American bacon is that they're an important part of the flavor of the bacon (nitrates create "hammy" flavor).
Personally I use the hammy package in Emacs with the "Flywheel" timer from the examples to get into a flow, these days it's enough to just start it and unless I get distracted by outside forces I keep hammering away at my task(s) while disregarding the timer.
Proper noun examples
There is prior art in the grilled cheese and eggs area: Denny’s Moons Over My Hammy.
I’m having a lot of fun working on Open Source Radar, and I would really enjoy to hear more from you, Hammy.
Hi Hammy, Please see my response to your other comment.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use hammy in a sentence?
TLJ is pretty much fine art compared to the schlock-fest and hammy writing of the Sierra crew.
What does hammy mean?
A diminutive of the male given name Hamilton.
What part of speech is hammy?
hammy is commonly used as noun, adjective.