CLAMBAKE

clambake

(noun) a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

clambake (plural clambakes)

An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a pit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.

(slang, chiefly, West Coast US) An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space.

Synonym: hotbox

(slang, vulgar) A meeting of predominantly females.

Synonym: taco fest

Adjective

clambake (not comparable)

(figurative) Informal, makeshift, sloppy.

Verb

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

(intransitive, slang, chiefly, West Coast US) To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.

(transitive, slang, chiefly, West Coast US) To enclose something and fill it with smoke by smoking (usually marijuana) inside it.

Synonyms

• hotbox

Source: Wiktionary


Clam"bake, n.

Definition: The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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