hamming

present participle of ham

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hamming
Verb
  • Swift said, miming Jason holding up his beer can.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Harris told me, miming fireworks.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The clarinet and piano played musical lines imitating birds.
    Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In the image, the president is also backdropped by a city beach covered with fire and smoke, seemingly imitating an active war zone.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Using an ice chamber, the team froze mixtures of water, carbon dioxide, methane and ammonia to a bone-chilling –420 degrees Fahrenheit (-253 degrees Celsius), mimicking frigid conditions near the moon's surface.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The future of marketing for SMBs doesn’t lie in mimicking enterprise strategies.
    Ashot Barseghyan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Hamming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamming. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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