Definition of: clambake

(klam′bāk′) noun
1. A picnic where roasted clams are the principal dish: especially common at the seashore in New England, where the clams, often with other articles of food, are usually cooked on hot stones, sometimes in a hole covered with seaweed.
2. The meal served at such a picnic.
3. U.S. Slang A radio broadcast that breaks down because of bad handling and mistakes; any poor broadcast.
4. U.S. Slang An informal gathering of jazz musicians to improvise music for their own enjoyment.