burger

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈbɜː.ɡə(ɹ)/ (UK)
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/ˈbɜː.ɡə(ɹ)/ (UK) · /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/ (US)

Definition of burger

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (informal)A hamburger.
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noun

  1. (informal)A hamburger.
  2. A similar sandwich or patty.
    “She was planning to have a burger for dinner.”
  3. (Australia, India, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK)Any sandwich that uses two bread rolls or buns (in North America it only refers to a sandwich with two buns or bread rolls and a meat patty).
  4. (Pakistan, derogatory, slang, usually)A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
  5. (Internet, derogatory)An American.
  6. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of burgher.
  7. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of Burgher (“member of a Sri Lankan people”).
  8. A white wine grape of French origin.

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. First use appears c. 1937. Sense 5 is likely a back-formation from Burgerland.

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