"flip burgers" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: flips burgers [present, singular, third-person], flipping burgers [participle, present], flipped burgers [participle, past], flipped burgers [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=flip burgers}} flip burgers (third-person singular simple present flips burgers, present participle flipping burgers, simple past and past participle flipped burgers)
  1. (informal, derogatory) To be employed in a low-paid menial job, especially one in a fast-food restaurant. Tags: derogatory, informal Related terms: burger flipper
    Sense id: en-flip_burgers-en-verb-39cyVhYT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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