hambone
English
noun
Definitions
- The bone at the center of a ham
- (US) A ham; an eager or inferior performer
- (music) A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping parts of the body with one's hands
- (bowling) Four consecutive strikes.
Etymology
Compound from English ham (actor of low grade, region back of the knee joint, overacting inferior performer, incompetent pugilist) + English bone.
Origin
English
bone
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anklebone English
- armbone English
- backbone English
- barebone English
- bladebone English
- bonable English
- bone English
- boneache English
- bonebed English
- bonedigger English
- bonedog English
- bonedome English
- bonefish English
- bonefolder English
- bonehead English
- boneheaded English
- bonehouse English
- bonejarring English
- boneless English
- bonelet English
- bonelike English
- boner English
- boneseed English
- boneseeker English
- boneset English
- bonesetter English
- bonesetting English
- boneshaker English
- boneshaking English
- boneyard English
- bonfire English
- bony English
- breakbone English
- breastbone English
- browbone English
- butter-ham English
- cheekbone English
- chickenboner English
- collarbone English
- cuttlebone English
- debone English
- dogbone English
- dragonbone English
- earbone English
- featherbone English
- fingerbone English
- fishbone English
- footbone English
- greenbone English
- ham English
- ham-fisted English
- hambeast English
- hamese English
- hamfat English
- hamfest English
- hamlike English
- hammy English
- hamshackle English
- hamstring English
- heelbone English
- herringbone English
- intrabone English
- jawbone English
- knitbone English
- knucklebone English
- legbone English
- marrowbone English
- neckbone English
- nonbone English
- redbone English
- ridgebone English
- ringbone English
- sharebone English
- shinbone English
- shoulder bone English
- sidebone English
- skullbone English
- spadebone English
- tailbone English
- thighbone English
- unbone English
- underbone English
- whalebone English
- wishbone English
- wristbone English
- yellow bone English
- ハム Japanese
- bon Middle English
- hamme Middle English
- แฮม Thai
- ham Cebuano
- 햄 Korean
- bom Volapük
- bun Tok Pisin
- bon Torres Strait Creole
- ham
- bone
- bony
- hammy
- boner
- unbone
- debone
- hamese
- hamfat
- earbone
- jawbone
- hamlike
- boneset
- armbone
- bonelet
- bonedog
- hamfest
- bonable
- nonbone
- redbone
- dogbone
- legbone
- bonebed
- bonfire
- tailbone
- neckbone
- wishbone
- heelbone
- hambeast
- boneseed
- bonelike
- shinbone
- backbone
- ringbone
- fishbone
- bonedome
- sidebone
- bonefish
- knitbone
- footbone
- boneless
- barebone
- browbone
- boneache
- bonehead
- boneyard
- whalebone
- anklebone
- bonehouse
- wristbone
- cheekbone
- bladebone
- breakbone
- ridgebone
- thighbone
- intrabone
- greenbone
- skullbone
- spadebone
- sharebone
- underbone
- hamstring
- collarbone
- butter-ham
- marrowbone
- bonedigger
- hamshackle
- boneshaker
- ham-fisted
- cuttlebone
- dragonbone
- fingerbone
- boneseeker
- boneheaded
- breastbone
- bonefolder
- bonesetter
- featherbone
- bonejarring
- yellow bone
- herringbone
- boneshaking
- bonesetting
- knucklebone
- chickenboner
- shoulder bone