hamburg

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈhæmbɝɡ/
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/ˈhæmbɝɡ/ · /ˈhæmbɜːɡ/

Definition of hamburg

26 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.
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name

  1. The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.
  2. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  3. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  4. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  5. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  6. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  7. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  8. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  9. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  10. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  11. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  12. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  13. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  14. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  15. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  16. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  17. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  18. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  19. A town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa; named for the German city.
  20. Hamburger SV, a German football club.

noun

  1. A Hamburg chicken.
  2. A variety of black grape.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A Hamburg steak
  4. (Midwestern-US, countable, slang, uncountable)hamburger (food)
    “"I remember Deloney," the man said. "I waited on him in my father's hamburg joint once or twice.”
  5. (New-England, uncountable)ground beef; hamburger meat

verb

  1. To annoy.
    “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."'”

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Etymology

From German Hamburg.

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