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Bammed vs Hammed - What's the difference?

bammed | hammed |

As verbs the difference between bammed and hammed

is that bammed is (bam) while hammed is (ham).

bammed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bam)

  • bam

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Representing a loud noise or heavy impact.
  • The wind knocked the tree over last night. Bam ! It nearly scared me to death.
  • Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.
  • She said she dumped him. Now — bam ! — they're back together.

    Synonyms

    * bang * blam * pow * wham

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland, slang) ned, bampot.
  • (dated) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
  • (Garrick)I’ll break a lamp, bully a con stable, bam a justice, or bilk a boxkeeper with any man in the liberties of Westminster.
    David Garrick, The Plays of David Garrick: A Complete Collection of the Social Satires, French Adaptations, Pantomimes, Christmas and Musical Plays, Preludes, Interludes, and Burlesques, ed. Harry William Pedicord and Fredrick Louis Bergmann, vol. 1 (Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1980), 93, http://www.questia.com/read/59320440.
  • * Prof. Wilson
  • To relieve the tedium he kept plying them with all manner of bams .

    Verb

  • To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.
  • (Foote)
  • (slang, archaic) To jeer or make fun of.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anagrams

    * English onomatopoeias ----

    hammed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ham)

  • ham

    English

    (wikipedia ham)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) hamme, from (etyl) . Compare gammon.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
  • (countable) A thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat.
  • (uncountable) Meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food.
  • a little piece of ham for the cat
  • * (rfdate), Audra Lilly Griffeth, A King's Daughter (ISBN 146915532X):
  • She put some ham in the beans and cut up some sweet potatoes to boil.
  • The back of the thigh.
  • (internet, informal) Electronic mail that is wanted; mail that is not spam or junk mail.
  • Derived terms
    * ham-fisted * hambone * hammy, hamstring

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • Usage notes

    * Persists in many old place names, such as (Buckingham).

    References

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    Etymology 3

    Shortened from , said to derive from the 1863 minstrel show song The Ham-fat Man . "ham", Online Etymology Dictionary

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An overacting or amateurish performer; an actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style.
  • An amateur radio operator.
  • Synonyms
    * radio amateur (amateur radio operator)

    Verb

  • To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.
  • Anagrams

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