cheeseburger

What it means

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.

   1956, Frank O'Hara, A Step Away from Them

   1 more example

   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.

   2007, Loretta Ichord, Double Cheeseburgers, Quiche, and Vegetarian Burritos, page 48

   Synonyms: cheesehamburger

2. slanggovernmentThe BLU-82 bomb.

   Synonyms: Big Blue 82, daisy cutter

In a sentence

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.

1956, Frank O'Hara, A Step Away from Them

Where it comes from

1. Latincāseus
2. Proto-Germanic*kāsijaz
3. Proto-West Germanic*kāsī
4. Old Englishċīese
5. Middle Englishchese
6. Englishcheese
7. Proto-Indo-European*kónh₂m
8. Proto-Indo-European*kónh₂méh₂-
9. Proto-Germanic*hanmōder.?
10. Proto-Germanic*hammō
11. Old High Germanhammeder.?
12. Old High GermanHamme
13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerǵʰ-
14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰérǵʰs?
15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰergʰ-
16. Proto-Indo-European*bʰérgʰs?
17. Proto-Germanic*burgz
18. Proto-West Germanic*burg
19. Old High Germanburg
20. Old High GermanHammaburg
21. GermanHamburg
22. Proto-Indo-European*wer-
23. Proto-Germanic*warjaną
24. Proto-Germanic*warjaz
25. GermanHamburger
26. Englishhamburger
27. Englishcheeseburger

Blend of cheese + hamburger (1928). By surface analysis, cheese + -burger.