clambake
/ˈklæmˌbeɪk/
noun
- A social gathering or party, especially one held outdoors where food (often clams and other seafood) is cooked, typically on hot stones or in a pit.
- They invited all their neighbors to a clambake in the backyard.
- Our family organized a clambake on the beach for the Fourth of July.
- The annual clambake at the lake is the biggest event of the summer.
- A lively, informal, or chaotic event or situation.
- The press conference turned into a total clambake with reporters shouting over each other.
- The project became a clambake when everyone started working on different ideas at once.
- Without a clear plan, the meeting was a clambake that accomplished nothing.