Phone vs Ham - What's the difference?
phone | ham |
A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances.
To call (someone) on the telephone.
(phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
(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.
* (rfdate), Audra Lilly Griffeth, A King's Daughter (ISBN 146915532X):
The back of the thigh.
(internet, informal) Electronic mail that is wanted; mail that is not spam or junk mail.
An overacting or amateurish performer; an actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style.
An amateur radio operator.
To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.
As a verb phone
is .As a noun ham is
haem / heme.phone
English
(wikipedia phone)Etymology 1
Shortening of (telephone).Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cell phone * clamshell phone * flip phone * mobile phone * phone sex * phone tag * smartphoneSee also
*Verb
(phon)Synonyms
* call, ring, telephoneDerived terms
* phone it in * phone upEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)ham
English
(wikipedia ham)Etymology 1
From (etyl) hamme, from (etyl) . Compare gammon.Noun
(en noun)- a little piece of ham for the cat
- She put some ham in the beans and cut up some sweet potatoes to boil.
Derived terms
* ham-fisted * hambone * hammy, hamstringEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(-)Usage notes
* Persists in many old place names, such as (Buckingham).References
*Etymology 3
Shortened from , said to derive from the 1863 minstrel show song The Ham-fat Man ."ham", Online Etymology Dictionary