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Hamburger

//ˈhæmˌbɝ.ɡɚ// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A person from Hamburg.
  3. 3
    beef that has been ground wordnet
  4. 4
    The patty used in such a sandwich. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients wordnet
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  1. 6
    Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers. uncountable
  2. 7
    An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict. US, colloquial, countable, uncountable

    "The truck hit the deer and turned it into hamburger."

  3. 8
    Ellipsis of hamburger button. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  4. 9
    Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle. US, countable, informal, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To badly injure or damage (a fleshy part of the body). informal, transitive

    "The men played baseball on coral diamonds that tore their shoes and clothes and hamburgered their hands."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc.; or, less likely, borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.

Etymology 2

Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc.; or, less likely, borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.

Etymology 3

From Hamburg + -er.

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