clambake
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈklæmˌbeɪk/
adj
Etymology: From clam + bake.
- Informal, makeshift, sloppy.
“2004, New Yorker, 9-16 August not in their Ivy privilege or clambake geography”
noun
Etymology: From clam + bake.
- An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a firepit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.
“In Newport, R. I., the clambake is more than just a way to pass a summer afternoon; it’s a beloved New England tradition that locals take very seriously. […] Traditionally, a clambake involves building a fire pit, coating the hot rocks and coals with seaweed and cooking a mélange of treats — lobsters, clams, sausage, potatoes, corn on the cob — topped with a wet tarp.”
- An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space.
- A meeting of predominantly females.
verb
Etymology: From clam + bake.
- To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.
“When I was 16, I used to clambake with these two friends almost every day on the way to school”
“i love clmabaking..it's been so long since ive done it though..i remember once my friends and i were clambaking at the forest preserve in the car and this ranger comes along so we roll all the windows down and there was like a huge cloud floating over the car.”
- To enclose something and fill it with smoke by smoking (usually marijuana) inside it.
“We clambaked the car last night!”