Quarter-pounder
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.
""Deal. I'm hungry. Wanna grab a little snack with me? Maybe a half a dozen quarter pounders and a couple large fries?""
- 2 A burger with a patty of such uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
- 3 A burger patty of such uncooked weight.
- 4 A food item similar to a burger patty of such uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
- 5 A sandwich weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.
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- 6 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quarter, pounder: Anything weighing a quarter of a pound.
"A half-pound fish is a very good one, and the quarter-pounders are good enough."
Adjective
- 1 Having a weight of a 1/4 of a pound. not-comparable
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More examples""Deal. I'm hungry. Wanna grab a little snack with me? Maybe a half a dozen quarter pounders and a couple large fries?""
Etymology
From the Quarter Pounder, a hamburger sold by the fast food chain McDonald's since 1971. By surface analysis, quarter + pound + -er. Now sometimes used as a genericized trademark, although the trademark remains active in many countries.
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