"clambake" meaning in All languages combined

See clambake on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: clam + bake Etymology templates: {{compound|en|clam|bake}} clam + bake Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} clambake (not comparable)
  1. (figurative) Informal, makeshift, sloppy. Tags: figuratively, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-clambake-en-adj-6GQLOSRW

Noun [English]

Forms: clambakes [plural]
Etymology: clam + bake Etymology templates: {{compound|en|clam|bake}} clam + bake Head templates: {{en-noun}} clambake (plural clambakes)
  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. Tags: New-England Categories (topical): Smoking
    Sense id: en-clambake-en-noun-UcCnIZ8H Disambiguation of Smoking: 7 13 37 6 6 31 Categories (other): New England English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 50 8 29 3 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 51 11 23 4 8
  2. (slang, chiefly California, Northwestern US) An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space. Tags: California, Northwestern, US, slang Categories (topical): Smoking Synonyms: hotbox
    Sense id: en-clambake-en-noun-QlQ0RJdi Disambiguation of Smoking: 7 13 37 6 6 31 Categories (other): California English, Northwestern US English
  3. (slang, vulgar) A meeting of predominantly females. Tags: slang, vulgar Synonyms: taco fest
    Sense id: en-clambake-en-noun-mdgOpRZZ

Verb [English]

Forms: clambakes [present, singular, third-person], clambaking [participle, present], clambaked [participle, past], clambaked [past]
Etymology: clam + bake Etymology templates: {{compound|en|clam|bake}} clam + bake Head templates: {{en-verb}} clambake (third-person singular simple present clambakes, present participle clambaking, simple past and past participle clambaked)
  1. (intransitive, slang, chiefly California, Northwestern US) To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up. Tags: California, Northwestern, US, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-clambake-en-verb-a8cjm94S Categories (other): California English, Northwestern US English
  2. (transitive, slang, chiefly California, Northwestern US) To enclose something and fill it with smoke by smoking (usually marijuana) inside it. Tags: California, Northwestern, US, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Smoking
    Sense id: en-clambake-en-verb-~qpLrip1 Disambiguation of Smoking: 7 13 37 6 6 31 Categories (other): California English, Northwestern US English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hotbox

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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