burger
Meaning
- (informal) A hamburger.
- A similar sandwich or patty.
- 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).
- A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
- An American.
Concepts
burger
hamburger
beefburger
cutlet
patty
rissole
Hamburg
Frequency
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.
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