burger

[ bur-ger ]

/ ˈbɜr gər /

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noun

a hamburger.

a food patty, or patty on a bun, containing ingredients other than beef: veggie or turkey burgers.

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Origin of burger

1935–40, Americanism; extracted from hamburger by false analysis as ham¹ + burger

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH burger

burger , burgher

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Burger

[ bur-ger ]

/ ˈbɜr gər /

noun

Warren Earl, 1907–1995, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1969–86.

Other definitions for burger (3 of 3)

-burger

a combining form extracted from hamburger, occurring in compounds the initial element of which denotes a special garnish for a hamburger or a substitute ingredient for the meat patty: baconburger; cheeseburger; fishburger.

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How to use burger in a sentence

Thankfully, the Coleman kids reached a Burger King, and Wahlberg and his amateur biker gang rode off.
Mark Wahlberg’s Pardon Plea: A Look Back At His Troubling, Violent, and Racist Rap Sheet|Marlow Stern|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Friday afternoon, I stood by the Burger King checking the bars on my phone like a kid with a curfew.
Canada’s Subversive Sock Puppet: Ed the Sock Isn’t Afraid to Say Anything|Soraya Roberts|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was hungry, so he brought along a fast food burger and soda to the studio.
The Secrets of ‘Pulp Fiction’: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Movie on Its 20th Anniversary|Marlow Stern|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Big Kahuna Burger is a fictional chain of Hawaiian-themed fast food burger joints out in Los Angeles dreamed up by Tarantino.
The Secrets of ‘Pulp Fiction’: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Movie on Its 20th Anniversary|Marlow Stern|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

That Tarantino never opened a real-life Big Kahuna Burger out in L.A. seems like a huge missed opportunity.
The Secrets of ‘Pulp Fiction’: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Movie on Its 20th Anniversary|Marlow Stern|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Agkistrodon bilineatus bilineatus, Burger and Robertson, Univ.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico|William E. Duellman
As in the wonderful old ballad of Burger, the Prussian horseman has taken the maiden “Germania” on his saddle.
German Problems and Personalities|Charles Sarolea
You forget the ballad of Burger, my dear Alexanderthe dead travel fast!
The Corsican Brothers|Alexandre Dumas
The burger waited, my mask was thrown by, and my face appeared whitened with chalk, and made ghastly.
The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck|Baron Trenck
They both ran: and the silly burger, eased of his fifty dollars, scampered first.
The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck|Baron Trenck

British Dictionary definitions for burger (1 of 2)

burger

/ (ˈbɜːɡə) /

noun

informal

short for hamburger
(in combination)a cheeseburger

British Dictionary definitions for burger (2 of 2)

Bürger

/ (German ˈbyrɡər) /

noun

Gottfried August (ˈɡɔtfriːt ˈauɡʊst). 1747–94, German lyric poet, noted particularly for his ballad Lenore (1773)

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Origin of burger

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