Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Ground meat, usually beef.
- n. A patty of such meat.
- n. A sandwich made with a patty of ground meat usually in a roll or bun.
Wiktionary
- n. A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
- n. The patty used in such a sandwich.
- n. uncountable Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
- n. colloquial An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
- n. beef that has been ground
Etymologies
- From German Hamburger, the adjectival form of Hamburg. (Wiktionary)
- Short for Hamburger steak, after Hamburg . (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I typically avoid using ground beef in chili, which makes what I call hamburger soup.”
“Yes | No | Report from GiantWhitetails wrote 31 weeks 1 day ago all of it. its all good. i love backstraps and steaks. ground venison is great in hamburger helper.”
“One chubby little pipe-mouthed fellow clutches a coke and fries; elsewhere a hamburger is being crucified.”
“McDonald's tells kids that hamburgers grow in hamburger patches.”
“I go back and see my hamburger heroes, the people I call hamburger heroes, and personalize it.”
The Wall Street Journal: A Theater Where Eating Is Definitely Allowed
“Sub specie aeternitatis the Colombian hamburger is ... well, pardon the cliche, but it is sui generis.”
“These idiots probably think that their hamburger comes from the store.”
“The hamburger is a way that people can experience everything that's great about eating beef — the flavor, the tenderness, and everything — in a way that's a affordable.”
“It's like saying you think the hamburger is gross even though you didn't bite all the way through and chew.”
“It's like saying you think the hamburger is gross even though you didn't bite all the way through and chew.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hamburger’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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Yazhinni Spelling bee
tongue, stallion, scruple, salinity, schedule, rouge, populist, Permian, perspire, pasteurize, multitude, mournful and 227 more...
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
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Situation Normal
inspired by Mistakes Were Made. Words for things going wrong in a manner particularly violent, stupid, soul-crushing, boggling, grandiose, or any combination of these qualities.
fuckup, snafu, fiasco, abortion, miscarriage, implosion, contretemps, imbroglio, brouhaha, melee, kerfuffle, mayhem and 156 more...
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Meat Parts: the Cuts, the Innards, an...
T-bone - Sounds good!
Shoulder - Alright.
Liver - Fine.
Sweetbread - Okay.
Gizzard - Pushing it.
Brains - What?!wing, wedge bone sirloin, veal, umbles, tri-tip, tripe, triangle steak, tournedo, top sirloin, top loin, tongue, thigh and 147 more...
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Meat
sausage, pepperoni, pork chop, ham, tongue, fricandeau, veal, tenderloin, mutton, boeuf, terefah, gammon and 33 more...
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Tip-Top Toponymic
Place names that have entered general speech. Toponyms that interest me in other ways are on Place Names Of Distinction
hamburger, wiener, finlandisation, vernissage, hackney, venetians, bohemian, anti-macassar, berliner, cravat, calico, serendipity and 113 more...
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food
food, chef, spice, salt, sugar, pumpkin, apples, fruit, vegetable, savory, soup, sauce and 280 more...
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Demonyms
Demonyms are words that describe a person who is citizen or resident of a particular place. There are countless demonyms so I'm collecting the slightly irregular or unusual ones.
glaswegian, bosniak, kosovar, novocastrian, us american, terran, grecian, yolngu, aztec, cantabrigian, norse, leopolitan and 102 more...
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My Dogs' Words
treat, potty, outside, mommie, mommielina, mommierenee, kisses, yes, no, love, sit, down and 186 more...
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English loanwords in Italian, with PR...
See discussion on bruschetta. Unlike chelster, I believe the "correct" pronunciation remains the English one.
hamburger, cheeseburger, ketchup, pancake, toast, mountain bike, tour operator, water, computer, hot dog, hiking
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groceries
apples, bananas, green pepper, onion, garlic, green onion, bean sprouts, hamburger, pork, chicken, tomatoes, chicken broth and 34 more...
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newtypegirlie's Words
antithesis, feminine, gregarious, amalgamation, trepidation, serene, serendipity, awkward, ascetic, berate, chastise, ethereal and 13 more...
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Adjectives
gubernatorial, avuncular, liverpudlian, ursine, porcine, lapine, hamburger, frabjous, washingtonian, minneapolitan, neapolitan, autumnal and 7 more...
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Zee Germans
(from Snatch):
Turkish: Fuck me, hold tight. What's that?
Tommy: It's me belt, Turkish.
Turkish: No, Tommy. There's a gun in your trousers. What's a gun doing in your trousers?...gesiebeautomat, schadenfreude, verboten, weltschmerz, blitzkrieg, ansatz, farkakte, beergarden, alpenglow, angst, anschluss, autobahn and 53 more...
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Unit 1
achievement, appetite, apple, attempt, average, balanced diet, balanced meal, become aware of, booked, breath, cabbage, calcium and 88 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for hamburger.
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