verb
exaggerate one's acting
• Topics: ↑dramaturgy, ↑dramatic art, ↑dramatics, ↑theater, ↑theatre
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s something
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to act or behave in an artificial way with too much expression in your voice and movements, especially in order to make people laugh
Thesaurus: to make someone laughsynonym
Main entry: ham
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ham it up
informal : to act or behave in an exaggerated or playful way
She likes to ham it up for the camera.
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Main Entry: ↑ham
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ˌham it ˈup idiom
(informal) (especially of actors) when people ham it up, they deliberately exaggerate their emotions or movements
Useful english dictionary. 2012.