quarter-pounder

quarter-pounder

A hamburger that weighs roughly four ounces (a quarter of a pound) before it is cooked. The phrase is best-known as the name of a hamburger served at McDonald's fast food restaurants. I think I'm going get a quarter-pounder for dinner tonight—what would you like?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • hamburger
  • hamburgers
  • McD
  • McD’s
  • McD's
  • McDuck
  • McDuck’s
  • McDuck's
  • Mickey D’s
  • Mickey D's
References in periodicals archive
Hard-to-swallow guidance tells us we can help save the world by swapping our quarter-pounders for quarter-ouncers.
THE LITTLE MAC; Brits are urged to ditch quarter pounders for quarter ouncers to save planet
Greene had to quit the quarter-pounders when the promising 400m hurdler started to take the quarter-of-a-mile event seriously three years ago.
From quarter pounder to a quarter mile
Instead of a quarter-pounder and fries, he discovered more than pounds 8,000 in cash.
MAN'S pounds 8,000 TAKEAWAY
Shortly thereafter, McDonalds began an aggressive Mexican TV campaign starring soccer goalie Jorge Campos, announcing "La nueva hamburguesa mexicana" ("The new Mexican hamburger")--a quarter-pounder sporting a dollop of guacamole.
David and McGoliath
ONE of the most potentially dangerous foods we can eat is the deep-frozen "jumbo-burger" or quarter-pounder. I believe it should be banned by law, writes Professor Richard Lacey.
BAN THESE BURGERS NOW!
Some of this happens in a field, some in the quarter-pounder that is Gretel's head.
The river itself
Make a quarter-pounder out of it and you dispatch a quarter of a day's "bad" fat to the Interstate feeding your heart.
Low-fat losers & winners
Available in two varieties -- char grilled and marinated whole chicken breast and quarter-pounder beef burger with cheese -- both come in a sesame seed bun and are ready to eat after seconds in the microwave.
Time Off: A family feast
Or that you won't be sold that quarter-pounder and onions unless you've got a true purchase on the links turf?
Macca: Plonkers of the fairway
A quarter-pounder burger with cheese was 52 per cent higher.
Stars in firing line for junk food ads
If you don't know a quarterback from a quarter-pounder, don't worry, because the game footage is all just fancy slow-mos, whizzy editing and bone-crunching sound effects anyway.
Hot Movies: Oliver takes his eye off the ball; ANY GIVEN SUNDAY
Arby's Grilled Chicken Deluxe and Jack-in-the-Box's Grilled Chicken Fillet still fall in the Quarter-Pounder range when it comes to fat and sodium.
The nineteen-ninety-one fast food awards
ONE in five of us would like to have a "quarter-pounder" coin - a 25p piece.
We want a quarter pounder coin
Four quarter-pounder beef burgers (454g), Tesco, PS3 or two for PS5 SAVE: PS1
American treats; CASH QUEENS
SINNER: Bird's Eye quarter-pounder beefburger (minus the bun) - 220 calories.
Vital: SAINT OR SINNER