hamburger

Betekenis (Engels)

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. The patty used in such a sandwich.
3. Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
4. (colloquial) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
5. Short for hamburger button.
6. (informal) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.

Verb

To badly injure or damage.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc.; or, less likely, borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.