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hambone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From ham + bone.

Meanings

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. 2009 February 22, J. David Goodman, “The Night of the Foot”, in New York Times:
2. (US, slang) A ham; an eager or inferior performer
   • Ferrell is the ubiquitous hambone, an affably oblivious man-child prone to shirtless prancing onscreen. 2009 February 15, Rob Salem, “When comedy geniuses unite”, in Toronto Star:
   • HAMBONE — An unconvincing blackface dialectician. 1946, Radio Alphabet: A Glossary of Radio Terms, Hastings House, page 38:
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.

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Synonyms

tear-cat (inferior performer) · ham (inferior performer) · hamfatter (inferior performer) · Juba dance (type of dance) · overactor (inferior performer)

hambone en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From ham + bone.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To dance the hambone.
   • “♪ Hambone, hambone! ♪ Hambone. Okay, hambone break's over. Back to the bedroom!” (motor whirring) “♪ Hambone, hambone! ♪ Hambone ♪” 2010 July 29, Lewis Morton, “The Late Philip J. Fry” (1:02 from the start), in Futurama, season 6, episode 7, spoken by Bender (John DiMaggio):
   • “Walking, walking, walking -- Hambone break!” 2010 July 26, Pendleton Ward & Tom Herpich, “Freak City” (0:33 from the start), in Adventure Time, season 1, episode 20, spoken by Finn the Human (Jeremy Shada):

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