"hammy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: EN-AU ck1 hammy.ogg [Australia] Forms: hammier [comparative], hammiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æmi Etymology: ham + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ham|y}} ham + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} hammy (comparative hammier, superlative hammiest)
  1. Resembling or characteristic of ham. Translations (resembling ham): šunkový (Czech), szynkowy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-hammy-en-adj-qV5n5rAD Disambiguation of 'resembling ham': 91 9
  2. Amateurish; characterized by overacting. Translations (amateurish; characterized by overacting): cabotin (French), übertrieben (German), überdreht (German), przesadny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-hammy-en-adj-A9VtNpx0 Disambiguation of 'amateurish; characterized by overacting': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 hammy.ogg [Australia] Forms: hammies [plural]
Rhymes: -æmi Etymology: ham + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ham|y}} ham + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} hammy (plural hammies)
  1. (US, Australia, New Zealand, chiefly sports, slang) The hamstring. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, US, slang Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-hammy-en-noun-1DUUqLcq Categories (other): American English, Australian English, New Zealand English Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (US, Australia, New Zealand, chiefly sports, slang) A hamstring injury. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, US, slang Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-hammy-en-noun-mct-UTiQ Categories (other): American English, Australian English, New Zealand English Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hammie
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 hammy.ogg [Australia] Forms: hammies [plural]
Rhymes: -æmi Etymology: hamster + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hamster|y}} hamster + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} hammy (plural hammies)
  1. (informal, childish) A hamster. Tags: childish, informal
    Sense id: en-hammy-en-noun-pyx7-EC9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hammie
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.