hambone (plural hambones)
The bone at the center of a ham
(US slang, acting) A ham; an eager or inferior performer
(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.
• (type of dance): Juba dance
• (inferior performer): ham, hamfatter, overactor, tear-cat
hambone (third-person singular simple present hambones, present participle hamboning, simple past and past participle hamboned)
(intransitive) To dance the hambone.
Source: Wiktionary
7 May 2025
(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
