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Barbeque vs Clambake - What's the difference?

barbeque | clambake |

As nouns the difference between barbeque and clambake

is that barbeque is while clambake is an informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a pit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.

As an adjective clambake is

(figurative) informal, makeshift, sloppy.

As a verb clambake is

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

barbeque

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • Usage notes

    * This spelling is often considered incorrect and a result of misunderstanding.

    clambake

    English

    (wikipedia clambake)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a pit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.
  • An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space.

    • Synonyms

    * (smoking) (l)

    Adjective

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

    Verb

    (clambak)
  • To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.
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  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , date = 2000-04-18 , author = Hardcore , title = Re: High , newsgroup = alt.drugs.pot , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.drugs.pot/GJQfR0D58nk/L9TLRVz-314J , passage = 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 }}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , date = 2000-04-11 , author = Mrs. P , title = weirdest feleling ever , newsgroup = alt.drugs.pot , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.drugs.pot/WSVHyfcKdNQ/ke55evpMTVEJ , passage = 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... }}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , date = 2000-06-27 , author = Vacas Relic , title = Re: Symptoms that you are playing too much AC , newsgroup = microsoft.public.games.zone.asherons_call , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.games.zone.asherons_call/CWRlOLDu0M0/ta6UUXZ4IW0J , passage = 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... }}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , date = 2003-04-13 , author = Nike Shinoda Drone , title = Re: Favorite and awful commercials - OT , newsgroup = alt.fan.hanson , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.fan.hanson/q5wKQCU7gK4/8lB2GfU_2qYJ , passage = I've clambaked before, and you'd have to smoke for *hours* to get it that smoky in there. }}
  • To enclose something and fill it with smoke by smoking (usually marijuana) inside it.
    • We clambaked the car last night!

    Synonyms

    * (l)