clambake

plural clambakes · alternative clam bake

1. New EnglandAn informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a firepit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.

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   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.

   2015 July 10, Alexandria Symonds, “How to Throw a Clambake Like You’re From Rhode Island”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

2. CaliforniaNorthwesternUSslangAn instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space.

   Synonyms: hotbox

3. slangvulgarA meeting of predominantly females.

   Synonyms: taco fest

alternative clam bake

1. figurativelynot comparableInformal, makeshift, sloppy.

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

present singular third person clambakes · participle present clambaking · participle past clambaked · past clambaked · alternative clam bake

1. CaliforniaNorthwesternUSintransitiveslangTo smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.

   I've clambaked before, and you'd have to smoke for *hours* to get it that smoky in there.

   2003 April 13, Nike Shinoda Drone, “Re: Favorite and awful commercials - OT”, in alt.fan.hanson (Usenet)

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   When I was 16, I used to clambake with these two friends almost every day on the way to school

   1995 October 6, Nicholas Meshes, “My Favorite Story”, 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.

   1999 November 13, Jozlyn, “clam bake?”, 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 18, Hardcore, “Re: High”, 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 April 11, Mrs. P, “weirdest feleling ever”, in alt.drugs.pot (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...

   2000 June 27, Vacas Relic, “Re: Symptoms that you are playing too much AC”, in microsoft.public.games.zone.asherons_call (Usenet)

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

   We clambaked the car last night!