Definition of BURGER

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 Word
burger: 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