hamburg

See also: Hamburg

English

Noun

hamburg (countable and uncountable, plural hamburgs)

1. (slang, Midwestern US) hamburger (food)
   • 1964, Ross Macdonald, chapter 22, in The Chill:

     "I remember Deloney," the man said. "I waited on him in my father's hamburg joint once or twice.

2. (uncountable, New England) ground beef; hamburger meat

Verb

hamburg (third-person singular simple present hamburgs, present participle hamburging, simple past and past participle hamburged)

1. (Grenada) To annoy.
   • 2013, Paul Willetts, The Look of Love: The Life and Times of Paul Raymond, Soho's King of Clubs:

     The reporter even contacted Fiona Richmond, who remained a close friend of Raymond's. 'I phoned PR to tell him they were hamburging me (a wonderful Grenadian expression for annoying me),' she recalled, 'and he said, "I know. What you do is ask them for lots of money, and then you and I will make up some stuff and then you can share the money you get with me."'