English

Alternative forms

• ham-bone

Noun

hambone ‎(plural hambones)

1. The bone at the center of a ham
   • 2009 February 22, J. David Goodman, “The Night of the Foot”, in New York Times:

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

2. (US slang) A ham; an eager or inferior performer
   • 2009 February 15, Rob Salem, “When comedy geniuses unite”, in Toronto Star:

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

3. (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
4. (bowling, informal) Four consecutive strikes.

Synonyms

• (type of dance): Juba dance

See also

• Juba dance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

hambone ‎(third-person singular simple present hambones, present participle hamboning, simple past and past participle hamboned)

1. (intransitive) To dance the hambone.