hamburger

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   verb

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   beef that has been ground

4. 4
   noun

   a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients

5. 5
   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.

6. 6
   noun

   Ingridents used in this type of sandwich:

7. 7
   noun

   Ellipsis of hamburger button.

8. 8
   noun

   Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.

Etymology

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