cheeseburger
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈtʃiːzˌbɜː.ɡə//
- United States//ˈtʃizˌbɝ.ɡɚ//
A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).
noun
- 1
A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).
Neon in daylight is a / great pleasure, as Edwin Denby would / write, as are light bulbs in daylight. / I stop for a cheeseburger at JULIET'S / CORNER.
Busy Americans (many women were working and not cooking as much) were dining on foods such as deep-fried chicken, thick slices of pizza, double cheeseburgers, and big slabs of steak.
- 2
slangThe BLU-82 bomb.
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin cāseusbor. Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz Proto-West Germanic *kāsī Old English ċīese Middle English chese English cheese Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂mder. Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂méh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *hanmōder.? Proto-Germanic *hammō Old High German hammeder.? Old High German Hamme Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *burgz Proto-West Germanic *burg Old High German burg Old High German Hammaburg German Hamburg Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Germanic *warjaną Proto-Germanic *warjaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *-ārijazinflu. Old High German -āri Middle High German -ære German -er German Hamburgerder. English hamburger English cheeseburger Blend of cheese + hamburger (1928). By surface analysis, cheese + -burger.
verb
- 1
rareTo transform, top, or enrich something ordinary with melted cheese.
Forms
- plural
- cheeseburgers
- past tense
- cheeseburgered
- past participle
- cheeseburgered
- present participle
- cheeseburgering
- third person singular
- cheeseburgers
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