1. the bone from a ham, especially when used for flavoring soup or beans
2. a style of rhythmic slapping of the body to create music
Usage: informal
3. a performer who uses exaggerated gestures or overacts
Usage: informal

1. to overact or perform in an exaggerated manner
Usage: informal

Examples

• She added a hambone to the pot of beans for extra flavor.
• The old hambone gave the soup a rich, smoky taste.
• The street performer played hambone rhythms on his chest and thighs.
• He learned to hambone from his grandfather in the South.
• The actor was such a hambone that he stole every scene.
• Stop hamboning around and deliver your lines naturally.
• The comedian loved to hambone for the audience’s laughter.