Usually means: Overly theatrical, exaggerated acting style.
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  1. hammy: Merriam-Webster
  2. hammy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hammy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hammy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hammy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hammy, hammy: Wordnik
  7. hammy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Hammy, hammy: Wiktionary
  9. hammy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hammy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hammy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. hammy: Dictionary.com
  13. Hammy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. hammy: Rhymezone
  15. hammy: FreeDictionary.org
  16. hammy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. hammy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. hammy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. hammy: Legal dictionary

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  1. hammy: Encyclopedia

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  1. hammy: Medical dictionary

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. hammy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. hammy: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. hammy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See hammier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Hammy)

adjective:  Resembling or characteristic of ham.
adjective:  Amateurish; characterized by overacting.
noun:  (US, Australia, New Zealand, chiefly sports, slang) The hamstring.
noun:  (US, Australia, New Zealand, chiefly sports, slang) A hamstring injury.
noun:  (informal, childish) A hamster.
noun:  A diminutive of the male given name Hamilton.

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