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hambone

noun

Etymology

From ham + bone.

  1. derived from *bʰeyh₂-✻ — “to hit, strike, beat”
  2. inherited from *bainą✻ — “bone”
  3. inherited from bān — “bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”
  4. inherited from bon
  5. compounded as hambone — “ham + bone”

Definitions

  1. The bone at the center of a ham

    • Perhaps I was afraid of being laughed at if the mysterious item turned out to be a hambone, a distinct possibility.

  2. A ham

    A ham; an eager or inferior performer

    • HAMBONE — An unconvincing blackface dialectician.
    • Ferrell is the ubiquitous hambone, an affably oblivious man-child prone to shirtless prancing onscreen.

  3. A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping…

    A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping parts of the body with one's hands

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Four consecutive strikes.

    2. To dance the hambone.

      • “Walking, walking, walking -- Hambone break!”
      • “♪ Hambone, hambone! ♪ Hambone. Okay, hambone break's over. Back to the bedroom!” (motor whirring) “♪ Hambone, hambone! ♪ Hambone ♪”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA