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clambake.

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

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈklæmˌbeɪk/General-American
  1. An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a firepit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.

    New-England
  2. An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space.

    California · Northwestern · US · slang
  3. A meeting of predominantly females.

    slang · vulgar
Where this word comes from

From clam + bake.

adj/ˈklæmˌbeɪk/General-American
  1. Informal, makeshift, sloppy.

    figuratively · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From clam + bake.

verb/ˈklæmˌbeɪk/General-American
  1. To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.

    California · Northwestern · US · intransitive · slang
  2. To enclose something and fill it with smoke by smoking (usually marijuana) inside it.

    California · Northwestern · US · slang · transitive
    We clambaked the car last night!
Where this word comes from

From clam + bake.

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