Meaning

(New England) An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a firepit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals..

Definitions by Sense

1. (New England) An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a firepit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.
2. (slang, chiefly California, Northwestern US) An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space.
3. (slang, vulgar) A meeting of predominantly females.
4. (figurative) Informal, makeshift, sloppy.
5. (intransitive, slang, chiefly California, Northwestern US) To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.
6. (transitive, slang, chiefly California, Northwestern US) To enclose something and fill it with smoke by smoking (usually marijuana) inside it.

Example Sentences

In Newport, R. I., the clambake is more than just a way to pass a summer afternoon; it’s a beloved New England tradition that locals take very seriously. […] Traditionally, a clambake involves building a fire pit, coating the hot rocks and coals with seaweed and cooking a mélange of treats — lobsters, clams, sausage, potatoes, corn on the cob — topped with a wet tarp.

2004, New Yorker, 9-16 August not in their Ivy privilege or clambake geography

When I was 16, I used to clambake with these two friends almost every day on the way to school

i love clmabaking..it's been so long since ive done it though..i remember once my friends and i were clambaking at the forest preserve in the car and this ranger comes along so we roll all the windows down and there was like a huge cloud floating over the car.

Its 4:02 pm, but i couldnt wait for 4:20 so im high right now... actuelly, i smoked bout 25 mins ago.... i let my dogg sit in my clambaked room for like 20 mins, now shes scarfing down her food in the kitchen... lol

recently i went on a camp out with a bunch o friends and we packed one of the biggest blunts ive ever had. i think it was about 6 grams. this thing was huge. we smoked it between like 4 people, and afterward, when we were all sittin in the clambaked tent, the kid across from me was glowing...

I was rolling this huge joint in my car and all of the sudden I hear this tapping noise on the passenger door, It was a drudge ravener, So I let him come on in and we clambaked for 3 hours, man it was great...

Word Forms

• clambakes
• clam bake
• clambaking
• clambaked

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