Definition of "hamburger"

hamburger

/ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural hamburgers
1. A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
2. The patty used in such a sandwich.
3. (uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
4. (US, colloquial, somewhat crude) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
5. (graphical user interface) Short for hamburger button.
6. (US, education, informal) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.
verb
third-person singular simple present hamburgers, present participle hamburgering, simple past and past participle hamburgered
1. To badly injure or damage.
  Quotations
  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, page 283
  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, page 133
  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, 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, 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

Definition of "hamburger"

hamburger

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