Meaning of hambone | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The bone at the center of a ham
2. A ham; an eager or inferior performer
   US, slang
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. Four consecutive strikes.
   informal

Examples

“Perhaps I was afraid of being laughed at if the mysterious item turned out to be a hambone, a distinct possibility.”

“HAMBONE — An unconvincing blackface dialectician.”

“Ferrell is the ubiquitous hambone, an affably oblivious man-child prone to shirtless prancing onscreen.”

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