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Definition: Hammy |
HammyAdjective1. Affectedly dramatic; overacted. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Hammy |
| English words defined with "hammy": heroics. (references) |
| "Hammy" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Hammy" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 50% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 50% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hammy hamster | 12 |
hammy | 10 |
hammy hamster wonder | 9 |
car hammy | 2 |
chewdog hammy | 2 |
girl hammy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hammy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Farsi | فربه (Corpulent, Fat, Obese, Plump, Tubby), پرگوشت , بی مزه (Bland, Flat, Insipid, Jejune, Namby, Unsavory). (various references) | |
Greek | ερασιτεχνικόσ (amateurish). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ammyhay.(various references) | |
Thai | เกี่ยวกับการที่แส"งเลยเถิ". (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "hammy": chammy, shammy, whammy. (additional references) | |
Words containing "hammy": chammying, shammying. (additional references) | |
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"Hammy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bammy, Hamam, hamey, Hami, Hamim, hamm, hamme, Hammie, hamty, hamy, hemy, himy, Hmy, hommie, hommy, hummm. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-m-m-y" | |
-2 letters: ham, hay, hmm, may, yah, yam. | |
-3 letters: ah, am, ay, ha, hm, ma, mm, my, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-m-m-y" | |
+1 letter: chammy, mayhem, shammy, whammy. | |
+2 letters: hammily, mayhems. | |
+3 letters: homogamy, lymphoma. | |
+4 letters: chammying, emphysema, lymphomas, mythmaker, shammying. | |
+5 letters: emphysemas, lymphogram, lymphomata, mythmakers, mythmaking, mythomania. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 6D 6D 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- -- -- -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01101101 01101101 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a m m y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 006D 006D 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4267797991 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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