burger

Meaning

1. (informal) A hamburger.
2. A similar sandwich or patty.
3. 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. A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
5. An American.

Synonyms

hamburger

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beefburger

cutlet

Hamburg

patty

rissole

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. From around 1939.
"American" sense likely a back-formation from Burgerland.