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clambake

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈklæmˌbeɪk/

adj

Etymology: From clam + bake.

  1. Informal, makeshift, sloppy.

    2004, New Yorker, 9-16 August not in their Ivy privilege or clambake geography

noun

Etymology: From clam + bake.

  1. 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.

  2. An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space.
  3. A meeting of predominantly females.

verb

Etymology: From clam + bake.

  1. 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.

  2. To enclose something and fill it with smoke by smoking (usually marijuana) inside it.

    We clambaked the car last night!