hambone

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7

Definition of hambone

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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. (US, slang)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 parts of the body with one's hands
  4. (informal)Four consecutive strikes.

verb

  1. (intransitive)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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Etymology

From ham + bone.

Anagrams of hambone

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Hooks

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