hambone
hambone noun: the bone at the center of a ham.
Noun
hambone (plural hambones)
- 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
- A ham; an eager or inferior performer
- HAMBONE — An unconvincing blackface dialectician.1946, Radio Alphabet: A Glossary of Radio Terms, Hastings House, page 38
- 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
- A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping parts of the body with one's hands
- Synonyms:
- Juba dance
- Four consecutive strikes.
Verb
hambone (third-person singular simple present hambones, present participle hamboning, simple past and past participle hamboned)
- To dance the hambone.
- “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)
- “♪ 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)
hambone meaning in Tamil
hambone in Tamil
- இரண்டாம் தர நடிகர்
Synonyms of hambone
Forms of hambone
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hambones |
| alternative form | ham-bone |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hambones |
| present participle | hamboning |
| past participle | hamboned |
| past | hamboned |
Origin of hambone
From ham + bone.
Questions about hambone
- What does hambone mean?
- Hambone means the bone at the center of a ham.
- What is hambone in Tamil?
- Hambone in Tamil is இரண்டாம் தர நடிகர். See Hambone meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hambone?
- Hambone can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of hambone?
- The plural of hambone is hambones.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hambone (page history and authors); hambone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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