Definition of "hambone" [hambone]

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

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• "ULABY: Scholars trace this pattern to church tambourines, West African drumming, and a hand-patting rhythm called hambone that goes back to slavery."
• "A hambone is the perfect foundation for a great soup."
• "In these a hambone was a performer in blackface overacting dialect routines (as in the song, "The Ham-Fat Man")."