hamburger
Syllables: ham·burger/ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə//ˈhæmˌbɜɹ.ɡɚ/
hamburger noun: 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. Also the ellipsis of hamburger button.
Noun (1)
hamburger (countable and uncountable, plural hamburgers)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- beefburger, liberty sandwich
- The patty used in such a sandwich.
- Synonyms:
- hamburger patty
- Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
- An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
- The truck hit the deer and turned it into hamburger.
- I'm going to make you into hamburger if you do that again.
- Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.
Verb
hamburger (third-person singular simple present hamburgers, present participle hamburgering, simple past and past participle hamburgered)
- To badly injure or damage (a fleshy part of the body).
- 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
- 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
Noun (2) capitalized: Hamburger
UK/ˈhæmbɜːɡə/US/ˈhæmbɝɡɚ/
Hamburger (plural Hamburgers)
- A person from Hamburg.
- Synonyms:
- Hamburgian
Also used as
hamburger is also the ellipsis of hamburger button.
hamburger meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hamburger in Hindi
- sandwich
- हैमबर्गर haimbargar
- patty
- हैमबर्गर haimbargar, पैटी paiṭī
hamburger in Tamil
- ஹாம்பர்கர், ஹேம்பர்கர், ஹம்பர்கர்
hamburger in Marathi
- हॅम्बर्गर, हॅमबर्गर
hamburger in Urdu
- sandwich
- ہَیمْبَرْگَر haimbargar
More languagesFewer languages
- hamburger in Bengali
- হ্যামবার্গার hêmbargar
- hamburger in Telugu
- హాంబర్గర్, హ్యాంబర్గర్
- hamburger in Malayalam
- ഹാംബർഗർ, ഹാമ്ബർഗർ
- hamburger in Kannada
- ಹ್ಯಾಂಬರ್ಗರ್, ಹ್ಯಾಮ್ಬರ್ಗರ್
- hamburger in Punjabi
- ਹੈਮਬਰਗਰ, ਹੈਮਬਰਜਰ
- hamburger in Gujarati
- હેમબર્ગર, હેમ્બર્ગર
- hamburger in Odia
- ହ୍ୟାମବର୍ଗର hyāmabargara
- hamburger in Nepali
- ह्यामबर्गर hyāmabargar
- hamburger in Pashto
- همبرګر
- hamburger in Arabic
- هَامْبُرْغَر hāmburḡar, هَامْبُورْجَر hāmbūrjar, بُرْغَر burḡar
- hamburger in Malay
- hamburger
- hamburger in Indonesian
- hamburger
- hamburger in Thai
- แฮมเบอร์เกอร์ hɛm-bəə-gə̂ə
- hamburger in Vietnamese
- hăm-bơ-gơ, hem-bơ-gơ
- hamburger in Myanmar
- ဟမ်ဘာဂါ hambhaga
Examples of hamburger in a sentence
- 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...
- 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...
- 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:
- 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:
Synonyms of hamburger
- beefburger
- liberty sandwich
- hamburger patty
- Hamburgian
Forms of hamburger
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hamburgers |
| plural | Hamburgers |
| alternative form (obsolete) | hamburgher |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hamburgers |
| present participle | hamburgering |
| past participle | hamburgered |
| past | hamburgered |
Origin of hamburger
Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc., the first element borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.
From Hamburg + -er.
Words formed from hamburger
- $100 hamburger
- burger
- cheeseburger
- cheesehamburger
- Chinese hamburger
- gardenburger
- Gomez's Hamburger
- hamburger button
- Hamburger Helper
- hamburger icon
- hamburgerless
- hamburgerlike
- hamburger menu
- hamburgerologist
- hamburgerology
- hamburger roundabout
- hamburger sauce
- hamburger steak
- hot hamburger sandwich
- hundred-dollar hamburger
- minihamburger
- shamburger
- soyburger
- vegeburger
- vegetarian hamburger
Phrases with hamburger
Questions about hamburger
- What does hamburger mean?
- Hamburger means 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.
- What is hamburger in Hindi?
- Hamburger in Hindi is हैमबर्गर (haimbargar), पैटी (paiṭī). See Hamburger meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use hamburger in a sentence?
- My tears are like gagged pieces of ice cutting up my eyeballs and hamburgering my face.
- What part of speech is hamburger?
- Hamburger can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce hamburger?
- Hamburger is pronounced /ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hamburger?
- The plural of hamburger is hamburgers.
Words near hamburger in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hamburger (page history and authors); Hamburger (page history and authors); hamburger (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamburger (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamburger (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamburger (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamburger (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamburger (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamburger (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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