ham

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The thigh of the hind leg of certain animals, especially a hog.
2. n. A cut of meat from the thigh of a hog.
3. n. The back of the knee.
4. n. The back of the thigh.
5. n. The buttocks.
6. n. A performer who overacts or exaggerates.
7. n. A licensed amateur radio operator.
8. v. To overact.
9. v. To exaggerate or overdo (a dramatic role, for example).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The back of the thigh; the thigh as a whole; in the plural, the gluteal region; the buttocks.
2. n. In anatomy, specifically, the back of the knee; the lozenge-shaped area behind the knee, bounded by the hamstrings and heads of the calf-muscles, technically called the popliteal space.
3. n. The thigh of an animal slaughtered for food; particularly, the thigh of a hog salted and cured or dried in smoke.
4. n. An obsolete (Middle English and Anglo-Saxon) form of home.
5. n. In historical use, with reference to the Anglo-Saxon period, a village or town; more specifically, a manor or private estate with a community of serfs upon it: much used in compound local names, as in Birmingham, Nottingham.
6. n. A stinted common pasture for cows.

Wiktionary

1. n. The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
2. n. The thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat.
3. n. The thigh of a hog cured for food.
4. n. The back of the thigh.
5. n. An actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style.
6. n. A person whose hobby is ham radio.
7. n. archaic spelling of home.
8. n. village
9. v. To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. Home.
2. n. The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
3. n. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.
4. n. a person who performs in a showy or exaggerated style; -- used especially of actors. Also used attributively, .
5. n. The licensed operator of an amateur radio station.
6. v. To act with exaggerated voice and gestures; to overact.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. (Old Testament) son of Noah
2. n. meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
3. n. an unskilled actor who overacts
4. n. a licensed amateur radio operator
5. v. exaggerate one's acting