# clambake
## English
### Etymology

From clam +‎ bake.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

clambake (plural clambakes)
* (New England) An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a firepit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.
** 2015 July 10, Alexandria Symonds, “How to Throw a Clambake Like You’re From Rhode Island”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN: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.
* (slang, chiefly California, Northwestern US) An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space.
    Synonym: hotbox
* (slang, vulgar) A meeting of predominantly females.
    Synonym: taco fest

### Adjective

clambake (not comparable)
* (figurative) Informal, makeshift, sloppy.
** 2004, New Yorker, 9-16 August
    not in their Ivy privilege or clambake geography

### Verb

clambake (third-person singular simple present clambakes, present participle clambaking, simple past and past participle clambaked)
* (intransitive, slang, chiefly California, Northwestern US) To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.
** 1995 October 6, Nicholas Meshes, “My Favorite Story”, in alt.drugs.pot‎ (Usenet):When I was 16, I used to clambake with these two friends almost every day on the way to school
** 1999 November 13, Jozlyn, “clam bake?”, in alt.drugs.pot‎ (Usenet):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.
** 2000 April 18, Hardcore, “Re: High”, in alt.drugs.pot‎ (Usenet):Its 4:02 pm, but i couldnt wait for 4:20 so im high right now... actuelly, i smoked bout 25 mins ago.... i let my dogg sit in my clambaked room for like 20 mins, now shes scarfing down her food in the kitchen... lol
** 2000 April 11, Mrs. P, “weirdest feleling ever”, in alt.drugs.pot‎ (Usenet):recently i went on a camp out with a bunch o friends and we packed one of the biggest blunts ive ever had. i think it was about 6 grams. this thing was huge. we smoked it between like 4 people, and afterward, when we were all sittin in the clambaked tent, the kid across from me was glowing...
** 2000 June 27, Vacas Relic, “Re: Symptoms that you are playing too much AC”, in microsoft.public.games.zone.asherons_call‎ (Usenet):I was rolling this huge joint in my car and all of the sudden I hear this tapping noise on the passenger door, It was a drudge ravener, So I let him come on in and we clambaked for 3 hours, man it was great...
** 2003 April 13, Nike Shinoda Drone, “Re: Favorite and awful commercials - OT”, in alt.fan.hanson‎ (Usenet):I've clambaked before, and you'd have to smoke for *hours* to get it that smoky in there.
* (transitive, slang, chiefly California, Northwestern US) To enclose something and fill it with smoke by smoking (usually marijuana) inside it.
    We clambaked the car last night!

#### Synonyms

* hotbox

### Further reading

* “clambake n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
* “clambake v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present