hamburger menu

[ ham-bur-ger men-yoo ]

noun

1. Digital Technology. an icon or graphic consisting of a stack of three short horizontal lines, which reveals a list of options when tapped or clicked on:

   To run your routine, open the Home app on your phone, tap the hamburger menu, and select Home Control.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hamburger menu¹

First recorded in 2010–15; from the supposed resemblance to a stack of three hamburger patties

Example Sentences

To do so, go to your profile, tap the hamburger menu in the top right, and select Settings.

From The Verge

Select the hamburger menu in the top right of the screen, and then select Settings.

From The Verge

To check if it is, go to your profile, tap the hamburger menu in the top right, and select Settings.

From The Verge

If you accidentally enabled any of the Firefox Suggest features without realizing it, you can still disable them: Click on the hamburger menu and then select Settings Click on Privacy and Security in the sidebar and scroll to Address Bar — Firefox Suggest Select or deselect the checkbox for contextual suggestions to turn the feature on or off Select or deselect the checkbox for “occasional sponsored suggestions” It’s slightly disappointing to have to manage a feature like this.

From The Verge

When you click it, YouTube will download the video, which you can then watch from the Downloads section that’s accessible from the hamburger menu on the left side of the screen.

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