Definition of "hamburger" in English

noun

1. A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.

2. The patty used in such a sandwich.

3. (uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.

4. (US, colloquial, somewhat crude) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.

   • The truck hit the deer and turned it into hamburger.
   • I'm going to make you into hamburger if you do that again.

5. (graphical user interface) Ellipsis of hamburger button.

6. (US, education, informal) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.

verb

1. (transitive, informal) To badly injure or damage (a fleshy part of the body).