clambake

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
22
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈklæmˌbeɪk/

Definition of clambake

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (New-England)An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a firepit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.
    “In Newport, R. I., the clambake is more than just a way to pass a summer afternoon; it’s a beloved New England tradition that locals take very seriously. […] Traditionally, a clambake involves building a fire pit, coating the hot rocks and coals with seaweed and cooking a mélange of treats — lobsters, clams, sausage, potatoes, corn on the cob — topped with a wet tarp.”
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noun

  1. (New-England)An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a firepit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.
    “In Newport, R. I., the clambake is more than just a way to pass a summer afternoon; it’s a beloved New England tradition that locals take very seriously. […] Traditionally, a clambake involves building a fire pit, coating the hot rocks and coals with seaweed and cooking a mélange of treats — lobsters, clams, sausage, potatoes, corn on the cob — topped with a wet tarp.”
  2. (California, Northwestern, US, slang)An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space.
  3. (slang, vulgar)A meeting of predominantly females.

adj

  1. (figuratively, not-comparable)Informal, makeshift, sloppy.
    “2004, New Yorker, 9-16 August not in their Ivy privilege or clambake geography”

verb

  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 school”
    “i love clmabaking..it's been so long since ive done it though..i remember once my friends and i were clambaking at the forest preserve in the car and this ranger comes along so we roll all the windows down and there was like a huge cloud floating over the car.”
    “Its 4:02 pm, but i couldnt wait for 4:20 so im high right now... actuelly, i smoked bout 25 mins ago.... i let my dogg sit in my clambaked room for like 20 mins, now shes scarfing down her food in the kitchen... lol”
    “recently i went on a camp out with a bunch o friends and we packed one of the biggest blunts ive ever had. i think it was about 6 grams. this thing was huge. we smoked it between like 4 people, and afterward, when we were all sittin in the clambaked tent, the kid across from me was glowing...”
    “I was rolling this huge joint in my car and all of the sudden I hear this tapping noise on the passenger door, It was a drudge ravener, So I let him come on in and we clambaked for 3 hours, man it was great...”
  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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Etymology

From clam + bake.

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