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Hambone

The bone at the center of a ham

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📖 Definitions of "Hambone"

noun

1
The bone at the center of a ham
2
A ham; an eager or inferior performer
3
A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping parts of the body with one's hands
4
Four consecutive strikes.

verb

1
To dance the hambone.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hambone"

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Word	Definition
hamatenoun	The hamate bone.
huckle bonenoun	The hip bone.
ham shanknoun	(UK) ham hock
hucklebonenoun	Alternative form of huckle bone. [The hip bone.]
haunch-bonenoun	Alternative form of haunch bone. [(anatomy) The innominate bone.]
hamhocknoun	Alternative form of ham hock. [The cut of meat at the joint between the leg and foot of a hog.]
ham hocknoun	The cut of meat at the joint between the leg and foot of a hog.
h bonenoun	Alternative form of aitchbone. [A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.]
hipbonenoun	(anatomy) Alternative spelling of hip bone. [(anatomy) One of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.]
herringbonenoun	A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing.
hamate bonenoun	One of the eight bones of the wrist (carpals).
hammienoun	(slang) Alternative form of hammy (“hamstring injury”). [(US, Australia, New Zealand, chiefly sports, slang) The hamstring.]
herring-bonenoun	Alternative form of herringbone. [(literally, countable) A bone of a herring.]
hamsnoun	(exercise, slang) The hamstring muscles; the biceps femoris
hocknoun	Meat from that part of a food animal.
h.a.m.noun	Alternative spelling of HAM.
hammynoun	(US, Australia, New Zealand, chiefly sports, slang) The hamstring.
hamminessnoun	The state of being hammy.
hamsteaknoun	Alternative form of ham steak. [A thick slice of ham for cooking.]
hamsandwichnoun	Rare spelling of ham sandwich (“sandwich made with ham”). [(countable, rarely uncountable) A sandwich made with ham.]