burger
Plural: burgers
Noun
- A patty of ground meat, usually beef, served on a bun.
- United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995)
- a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
- 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.
- Alternative form of burgher.
Examples
- His opponent looked as happy as someone getting a free burger after placing ’QUIXOTIC’ for 100 points.
- She was planning to have a burger for dinner.
Origin / Etymology
Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. From around 1939. The "American" sense is likely a back-formation from Burgerland.
Synonyms
beefburger, hamburger, Warren Burger, Warren E. Burger, Warren Earl Burger, burger
Scrabble Score: 9
burger: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordburger: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
burger: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
burger: valid Words With Friends Word