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clambaking

clambaking is the present participle and gerund of clambake.

Meaning of clambake

Verb

clambake (third-person singular simple present clambakes, present participle clambaking, simple past and past participle clambaked)

  1. (California, Northwestern, US, intransitive, slang) To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.
    • When I was 16, I used to clambake with these two friends almost every day on the way to school1995 October 6, Nicholas Meshes, “My Favorite Story”, in alt.drugs.pot (Usenet)
  2. (California, Northwestern, US, slang, transitive) To enclose something and fill it with smoke by smoking (usually marijuana) inside it.
    • We clambaked the car last night!

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Questions about clambaking

What is clambaking the present participle and gerund of?
Clambaking is the present participle and gerund of clambake.

Words near clambaking in the dictionary

  1. clamatory
  2. clamatos
  3. clambake
  4. clambaked
  5. clambakes
  6. clambaking
  7. clamber
  8. clambered
  9. clamberer
  10. clamberers
  11. clamberest

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