hambones
Soup stock bones
Hambones are the bones from a ham, typically saved for flavoring soups, beans, and greens: She simmered the collards with a hambone.
Hambone is also a style of body percussion—slapping the thighs, chest, and cheeks rhythmically—rooted in African American musical tradition.
To hambone as a verb is to perform this rhythm or, more loosely, to ham it up.
Striking with open palm
- thigh-slappingExtremely amusing, laugh-inducing
- body percussionSounds from striking oneself
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
patting · folk music · Appalachian · minstrel · vaudeville · syncopation · clapping · stomp
Excessive theatrical performance
- showboatingOstentatious self-display
- muggingRobbery with violence
- hammingExaggerated theatrical performance
- scenery-chewingTheatrical overperformance
melodrama · exaggeration · showoff · grandstanding · theatrical · flamboyant · attention-seeking · dramatic
slapping
Striking with open palm
- thigh-slappingExtremely amusing, laugh-inducing
- body percussionSounds from striking oneself
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
beat · patting · folk music · Appalachian · minstrel · vaudeville · syncopation · clapping · stomp · spoons
pork
Pig as food
shank · knuckle · marrow · joint · smoked · cured · stock · broth · collagen · cartilage
overacting
Excessive theatrical performance
- showboatingOstentatious self-display
- muggingRobbery with violence
- hammingExaggerated theatrical performance
scenery-chewing · melodrama · exaggeration · showoff · grandstanding · theatrical · flamboyant · attention-seeking · dramatic · over-the-top
hambonesminimalists
Advocates of deliberate simplicity
wallflowers · shrinking violets · method actors · straight men · introverts