noun
- Plural of hamfat; mediocre or incompetent actors, especially those who overact.
Usage: informal; dated; theater slang
Examples
- The community theater production was full of hamfats who couldn't deliver a single line convincingly.
- Critics dismissed the film's cast as a bunch of hamfats overacting in every scene.
- Even the hamfats in the troupe knew they weren't going to make it to Broadway.