"hambone" meaning in All languages combined

See hambone on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-hambone.ogg [Australia] Forms: hambones [plural]
Etymology: ham + bone Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ham|bone}} ham + bone Head templates: {{en-noun}} hambone (plural hambones)
  1. The bone at the center of a ham
    Sense id: en-hambone-en-noun-XThxPIn2
  2. (US slang, acting) A ham; an eager or inferior performer Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Acting, People Synonyms (inferior performer): ham, hamfatter, overactor, tear-cat
    Sense id: en-hambone-en-noun-XdJHdGW- Disambiguation of People: 0 61 17 23 0 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 39 26 31 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 59 18 19 2 Topics: acting, broadcasting, entertainment, film, lifestyle, media, television, theater Disambiguation of 'inferior performer': 0 90 5 5
  3. (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 Categories (topical): Dance, Music Synonyms (type of dance): Juba dance
    Sense id: en-hambone-en-noun-O3oDtXF7 Topics: dance, dancing, entertainment, hobbies, lifestyle, music, sports Disambiguation of 'type of dance': 0 0 100 0
  4. (bowling, informal) Four consecutive strikes. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Bowling
    Sense id: en-hambone-en-noun-s106RIUK Topics: bowling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ham-bone

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-hambone.ogg [Australia] Forms: hambones [present, singular, third-person], hamboning [participle, present], hamboned [participle, past], hamboned [past]
Etymology: ham + bone Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ham|bone}} ham + bone Head templates: {{en-verb}} hambone (third-person singular simple present hambones, present participle hamboning, simple past and past participle hamboned)
  1. (intransitive) To dance the hambone. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-hambone-en-verb-sQoe26y2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ham-bone

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hambone meaning in All languages combined (5.6kB)

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