A stage, screen or television actor who overacts. An untalented actor who acts as if he or she is a great one.
Comic Jack Benny played the consummate ham, as Polish actor, Josef Tura, in the classic, 1942, Ernst Lubitch comedy film, "To Be or Not to Be," remade by Mel Brooks in 1983.
by HansOtto January 24, 2014
it means hard ass a motherfucker. used when refering to sports, fighting, or pretty much anything requiring skill.
by dj doda August 07, 2010
A radio operator that is licensed by the FCC to talk on regulated area of the radio spectrum.
Hams are issued a callsign such as KCØXXX to use to identify themselves on the air. A callsign is much like a finger print and is only issued to one person in the world. Hams take great pride in their callsigns and will display it everywhere from clothing to their vehicle license plate.
Hams talk on the radio mostly for fun however there is great emphasis on emergency communications after a disaster such as an earthquake, hurricane, Sept 11 when other forms of communications do not work such as telephones and cell phones. With the proper equipment and license class a Ham can talk around the world.
by KCØXXX December 03, 2005
by gate irkwood January 19, 2017
by Robert Allen August 29, 2003