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quarter-pounder

noun

Etymology

From the Quarter Pounder, a hamburger sold by the fast food chain McDonald's since 1971. By surface analysis, quarter + pound + -er. Now sometimes used as a genericized trademark, although the trademark remains active in many countries.

Definitions

  1. A beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.

    • "Deal. I'm hungry. Wanna grab a little snack with me? Maybe a half a dozen quarter pounders and a couple large fries?"
    • 2011, Simon Day, Comedy and Error: They Really Were Marvellous Times Unfortunately he found me on my own in a Wimpy an hour later nursing a quarter pounder with cheese.
    • This recipe will make 6–8 “quarter pounders” from only one pound of hamburger. Do the math. Then all you do is BBQ, fry or broil them.

  2. A burger with a patty of such uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.

  3. A burger patty of such uncooked weight.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A food item similar to a burger patty of such uncooked weight, such as a meatball.

    2. A sandwich weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.

    3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quarter, pounder: Anything weighing a quarter of a pound.

      • A half-pound fish is a very good one, and the quarter-pounders are good enough.

    4. Having a weight of a 1/4 of a pound.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA