Hambone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hambone is a noun meaning The bone at the center of a ham.
Meaning
The bone at the center of a ham.
More Meanings
- (US slang, acting) A ham; an eager or inferior performer
- (music, dance) A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping parts of the body with one's hands
- (bowling, informal) Four consecutive strikes.
- (intransitive) To dance the hambone.
Example Sentences
“Walking, walking, walking -- Hambone break!”
HAMBONE — An unconvincing blackface dialectician.
Ferrell is the ubiquitous hambone, an affably oblivious man-child prone to shirtless prancing onscreen.
Perhaps I was afraid of being laughed at if the mysterious item turned out to be a hambone, a distinct possibility.
Word Forms
- hambones
- ham-bone
- hamboning
- hamboned
Synonyms for hambone
Depending on context, synonyms include ham, hamfatter, overactor, tear-cat.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hamate, hucklebone, hamhock, hipbone, herringbone, hammie.
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