hamburger

/ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/

Etymology

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

noun

  1. 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. Ingridents used in this type of sandwich:; The patty used in such a sandwich.
  3. Ingridents used in this type of sandwich:; Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
  4. 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.”
  5. Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.
  6. A person from Hamburg.

verb

  1. 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.”