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hamburger en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhæm.bəɹ.ɡɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈhæm.bəɹ.ɡəɹ/ Dublin
  • /ˈhæm.bə.ɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈhæmˌbʊɹ.ɡɐ/ Dublin
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈhæmˌbʊɹ.ɡəɹ/ Dublin
  • /ˈhæmˌbɜɹ.ɡɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc., the first element borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Ingridents used in this type of sandwich: ▸ The patty used in such a sandwich.
  3. (uncountable) Ingridents used in this type of sandwich: ▸ Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
  4. (US, colloquial, countable, qualifier:somewhat crude, uncountable) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
    • I'm going to make you into hamburger if you do that again.
    • The truck hit the deer and turned it into hamburger.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of hamburger button.
  6. (US, countable, informal, uncountable) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hamburgers Number=Plur lexicographic
hamburgher alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Coordinates

veggie burger · meatball · kebab · bento · chicker burger · soy burger · hot dog

Deriveds

hot hamburger sandwich · hamburgerless · vegetarian hamburger · cheesehamburger · hamburger roundabout · Chinese hamburger · hamburger sauce · vegeburger · soyburger · hamburger icon · gardenburger · Hamburger Helper · burger · hamburger steak · hamburgerlike · minihamburger · hamburgerologist · hundred-dollar hamburger · hamburger menu · hamburgerology · hamburger button · cheeseburger · Gomez's Hamburger · shamburger · $100 hamburger

Descendants

แฮมเบอร์เกอร์ · hamburger · هَامْبُرْغَر · ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠦ᠋ᠷᠭᠧᠷ · га́мбургер · hampurilainen · hambaga · هَامْبُورْجَر · хамбургер · hamburger · Hamburger · ហាំប៊ឺហ្គឺ · hamburger · hamburger · ハンバーガー · ဟမ်ဘာဂါ · hamburger · hamburger · 햄버거 · hambúrguer · га́мбургер · hamburger · همبرگر · hăm-bơ-gơ · hamburger · hamburger · hamburguesa

Hypernyms

burger

Synonyms

liberty sandwich · beefburger · hamburger patty

Translations (153)

az qamburqer (sandwich) · mn гамбургер (sandwich) · hy բուրգեր (sandwich) · sl hamburger (sandwich) · az hamburqer (sandwich) · it svizzerina (patty) · et burger (sandwich) · mi hamapaka (sandwich) · ms hamburger (sandwich) · apw itsį’ ik’aaní (sandwich) · sh ха̀мбургер (sandwich) · hy համբուրգեր (sandwich) · fr hamburger (sandwich) · fr hambourgeois (sandwich) · it hamburger (sandwich) · da hamburgerbøf (patty) · sk hamburger (sandwich) · fa-ira هَمْبِرْگِر (sandwich) · uk га́мбургер (sandwich) · yi האַמבורגער (sandwich) · kmr hambûrger (sandwich) · nan-hbl 美國割包 /美国割包 (sandwich) · ro hamburger (sandwich) · nl hamburger (sandwich) · pt sandes de hambúrguer (sandwich) · hy կոտլետ (patty) · ug ھامبۇرگ بولكىسى (sandwich) · ja ハンバーガー (sandwich) · el χάμπουργκερ (sandwich) · it panino di svizzera (sandwich) · eu hanburgesa (sandwich) · et hamburger (sandwich) · ar بُرْغَر (sandwich) · sh hàmburger (sandwich) · ga burgar (sandwich) · yue 肉餅 /肉饼 (patty) · be катле́та (patty) · es hamburguesa (sandwich) · yue 漢堡 /汉堡 (sandwich) · el χάμπεργκερ (sandwich) · vi hăm-bơ-gơ (sandwich) · ja ハンバーグ (patty) · bg ха́мбургер (sandwich) · tr hamburger (sandwich) · et burks (sandwich) · nv atsįʼ yikʼání (patty) · fi hampurilainen (sandwich) · ast hamburguesa (sandwich) · nn hamburgar (sandwich) · nan-hbl 和肉敆 (sandwich) · cy eidionyn (patty) · ur ہَیمْبَرْگَر (sandwich) · eo hamburgero (sandwich) · hi पैटी (patty) · kk гамбургер (sandwich) · ca hamburguesa (sandwich) · bg пле́скавица (patty) · be га́мбургер (sandwich) · tt һамбургер (sandwich) · yue 漢堡扒 /汉堡扒 (patty) · it amburghese (patty) · da hamburger (sandwich) · es hamburguesa (patty) · mi pākī (sandwich) · nb hamburger (sandwich) · sq hamburger (sandwich) · lt hamburgeris (sandwich) · sv hamburgare (sandwich) · tk gamburger (sandwich) · fo hamburgari (sandwich) · am ሀምበርገር (sandwich) · de Hamburger (patty) · ar هَامْبُورْجَر (sandwich) · hu hamburger (sandwich) · ky гамбургер (sandwich) · gl hambúrguer (sandwich) · ne ह्यामबर्गर (patty) · mn ᠬᠠᠮᠪᠦ᠋ᠷᠭᠧᠷ (sandwich) · ko 고기겹빵 (sandwich) · grc ἰσίκιον (patty) · tg гамбургер (sandwich) · uz kotlet (patty) · cmn 肉餅 /肉饼 (patty) · ka კატლეტი (patty) · pt hambúrguer (sandwich) · gd borgaire (sandwich) · li vet breudje (sandwich) · cmn 漢堡 /汉堡 (sandwich) · la isicium (patty) · cs hamburger (sandwich) · mn хамбургер (sandwich) · ko 햄버거 (patty) · or ହ୍ୟାମବର୍ଗର (sandwich) · nan-hbl 漢堡 /汉堡 (sandwich) · tr hamburger köftesi (patty) · cy byrger (sandwich) · pl hamburger (sandwich) · kmr bûrger (sandwich) · mt ħemberger (sandwich) · hi हैमबर्गर (patty) · pdt Klops (patty) · ar هَامْبُرْغَر (sandwich) · bg котле́т (patty) · hak 漢堡 /汉堡 (sandwich) · cmn 漢堡包 /汉堡包 (sandwich) · fi jauhelihapihvi (patty) · hi हैमबर्गर (sandwich) · yue 漢堡包 /汉堡包 (sandwich) · mk плескавица (patty) · he הַמְבּוּרְגֶּר (sandwich) · fr hamburger (patty) · cmn 漢堡排 /汉堡排 (patty) · ru га́мбургер (patty) · ka ჰამბურგერი (sandwich) · nb hamburger (patty) · km ហាំប៊ឺហ្គឺ (sandwich) · ne ह्यामबर्गर (sandwich) · ug ھامبۇرگ (sandwich) · de Hamburger (sandwich) · mk хамбургер (sandwich) · pdt Klops (sandwich) · it amburghese (sandwich) · uk котле́та (patty) · lo ແຮນເບີຣ໌ເກີຣ໌ (sandwich) · ko 햄버거 (sandwich) · pl kotlet mielony (patty) · lo ແຮມເບີເກີ (sandwich) · ps همبرګر (sandwich) · gl hamburguesa (sandwich) · pl hamburger (patty) · nv háambagii (sandwich) · my ဟမ်ဘာဂါ (sandwich) · af hamburger (sandwich) · cy byrgyr (sandwich) · it svizzera (patty) · uz gamburger (sandwich) · it medaglione (patty) · ru котле́та (patty) · is hamborgari (sandwich) · uk га́мбурґер (sandwich) · el μπιφτέκι (patty) · lv hamburgers (sandwich) · io hamburgero (sandwich) · mn ᠾᠠᠮᠪᠦ᠋ᠷᠭᠧᠷ (sandwich) · vi hem-bơ-gơ (sandwich) · pt hamburger (sandwich) · es whopper (patty) · ru га́мбургер (sandwich) · it hamburger (patty) · lt mėsainis (sandwich) · id hamburger (sandwich) · th แฮมเบอร์เกอร์ (sandwich) · bn হ্যামবার্গার (sandwich)

hamburger en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhæm.bəɹ.ɡɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈhæm.bəɹ.ɡəɹ/ Dublin
  • /ˈhæm.bə.ɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈhæmˌbʊɹ.ɡɐ/ Dublin
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈhæmˌbʊɹ.ɡəɹ/ Dublin
  • /ˈhæmˌbɜɹ.ɡɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc., the first element borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.

Meanings

  1. (informal, transitive) To badly injure or damage (a fleshy part of the body).
    • Why they didn’t both break their necks or get hamburgered by cloven hooves was a mystery. 2020, Lynn Stansbury, Crossing the Divide, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse:
    • The men played baseball on coral diamonds that tore their shoes and clothes and hamburgered their hands. 1944, C. G. Morris, Hugh B. Cave, “The Fightin’est Ship”: The Story of the Cruiser “Helena”, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, page 62:
    • It’s a trail that has taken more than its fair share of blood, my first flat tire, and hamburgered my entire forearm on a descent. 2014, Shannon Galpin, Mountain to Mountain: A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistan, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 47:
    • Ken broke three fingers and hamburgered his legs, but he still got to his feet, chased down his burro, and continued on to the finish line. 2019, Christopher McDougall, Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 51:
    • My tears are like gagged pieces of ice cutting up my eyeballs and hamburgering my face. 1994, Beatrice Sparks (falsely indicated as editor), It Happened to Nancy: By an Anonymous Teenager, a True Story from Her Diary, Avon Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 133:
    • And his tires triggered no Claymore mines or Bouncing Betties that might have hamburgered his vehicle with him in it. 1981, John Nichols, The Nirvana Blues, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 283:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hamburgered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hamburgered Tense=Past lexicographic
hamburgher alternative, obsolete lexicographic
hamburgering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hamburgers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

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