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===Alternative forms=== |
===Alternative forms=== |
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*ham-bone |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{audio|en|En-au-hambone.ogg|a=AU}} |
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===Adjective=== |
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===Noun=== |
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# The [[bone]] at the center of a [[ham]] |
# The [[bone]] at the center of a [[ham]] |
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#*{{quote-||date=February 22|author=J. David Goodman|title=The Night of the Foot|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22dog.html |
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|passage=Perhaps I was afraid of being laughed at if the mysterious item turned out to be a '''hambone''', a distinct possibility. |
|passage=Perhaps I was afraid of being laughed at if the mysterious item turned out to be a '''hambone''', a distinct possibility.}} |
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# {{US|_|slang}} A [[ham]]; an eager or inferior performer |
# {{US|_|slang}} A [[ham]]; an eager or inferior performer |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=1946|title=Radio Alphabet: A Glossary of Radio Terms|page=38|publisher=Hastings House|passage='''HAMBONE''' — An unconvincing blackface dialectician.}} |
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#*{{quote-||date=February 15|author=Rob Salem|title=When comedy geniuses unite|work=Toronto Star|url=http://www.thestar.com/Entertainment/article/587460 |
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|passage=Ferrell is the ubiquitous '''hambone''', an affably oblivious man-child prone to shirtless prancing onscreen. |
|passage=Ferrell is the ubiquitous '''hambone''', an affably oblivious man-child prone to shirtless prancing onscreen.}} |
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# {{music|dance}} A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping parts of the body with one's hands |
# {{music|dance}} A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping parts of the body with one's hands |
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# {{lb|en|bowling|informal}} Four consecutive [[strike]]s. |
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====Synonyms==== |
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*{{sense|type of dance}} |
*{{sense|type of dance}} Juba dance |
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* {{sense|inferior performer}} {{l|en|ham}}, {{l|en|hamfatter}}, {{l|en|overactor}}, {{l|en|tear-cat}} |
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====See also==== |
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*{{|Juba dance}} |
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===Verb=== |
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# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To dance the hambone. |
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Latest revision as of 13:18, 27 September 2024
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]hambone (plural hambones)
- The bone at the center of a ham
- 2009 February 22, J. David Goodman, “The Night of the Foot”, in New York Times[1]:
- Perhaps I was afraid of being laughed at if the mysterious item turned out to be a hambone, a distinct possibility.
- (US slang, acting) A ham; an eager or inferior performer
- 1946, Radio Alphabet: A Glossary of Radio Terms, Hastings House, page 38:
- HAMBONE — An unconvincing blackface dialectician.
- 2009 February 15, Rob Salem, “When comedy geniuses unite”, in Toronto Star[2]:
- Ferrell is the ubiquitous hambone, an affably oblivious man-child prone to shirtless prancing onscreen.
- (music, dance) A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping parts of the body with one's hands
- (bowling, informal) Four consecutive strikes.
Synonyms
[edit]- (type of dance): Juba dance
- (inferior performer): ham, hamfatter, overactor, tear-cat
See also
[edit]
Juba dance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
[edit]hambone (third-person singular simple present hambones, present participle hamboning, simple past and past participle hamboned)
- (intransitive) To dance the hambone.