burger
Meanings
Plural: burgers
Noun
- 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.
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, burger, hamburger, Warren Burger, Warren E. Burger, Warren Earl Burger
Scrabble Score: 9
burger is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordburger is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
burger is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
burger is a valid Words With Friends word