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Sloppy joe
A hot sandwich, typically composed of ground beef cooked in a skillet with highly seasoned tomato sauce or tomato paste and spread between two sides of a bun.
📖 Definitions of "Sloppy joe"
noun
- 1
A hot sandwich, typically composed of ground beef cooked in a skillet with highly seasoned tomato sauce or tomato paste and spread between two sides of a bun.
- 2
A cold delicatessen three-decker rye bread sandwich made with sliced meat, Swiss cheese, coleslaw, and Russian dressing.
- 3
A very loose-fitting light-weight jumper or jacket.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sloppy joe"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sloppernoun | (US) A cheeseburger or hamburger served open-faced and smothered in a chili-based sauce and often onions. |
| loose-meat sandwichnoun | Synonym of tavern sandwich. |
| hamburgernoun | A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both. |
| hot hamburger sandwichnoun | A hamburger, covered in gravy, and most often served between slices of bread. |
| manwichnoun | An easily made sandwich of ground meat and commercially made, seasoned tomato sauce. |
| slugburgernoun | (US, Mississippi) A burger with a deep-fried patty made from a mixture of beef or pork and an inexpensive extender such as soybeans. |
| hot dognoun | A food item (dish) consisting of a frankfurter or wiener and (usually) a hot dog bun, with toppings such as ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, onions, cheese, etc. |
| sandwich loafnoun | A loaf of sandwich bread. |
| olive burgernoun | (US) A hamburger topped with a mixture of chopped green olives and mayonnaise, popular in parts of Michigan. |
| liberty sandwichnoun | (US, historical) A hamburger. |
| italian beefnoun | (Chicago) A sandwich of thin slices of seasoned roast beef on a dense, long Italian-style roll. |
| slawdognoun | A hotdog with mustard in a bun covered with coleslaw, and topped with raw chopped onions. |
| peanut butter and jellynoun | (countable, US) A sandwich consisting of bread spread with layers of peanut butter and jelly. |
| american hot dognoun | (New Zealand) A sandwich comprised of a bun, a wiener, and sauce. |
| french dipnoun | (cooking) An American hot sandwich made with sliced meat (usually roast beef) on a French roll, and served au jus. In its original form the bread is dipped in the jus when the sandwich is made, but more often the jus is served on the side so the sandwich can be dipped as it is being eaten. |
| horseshoe sandwichnoun | An open-faced sandwich with meat topped with french fries and smothered with cheese sauce. |
| patty meltnoun | A kind of hamburger consisting of a meat patty and cheese between two slices of bread (traditionally rye but sometimes sourdough), or on a single slice. |
| fat sandwichnoun | (US, New Jersey) A submarine sandwich containing various fast food items such as burgers, fries, and gyro meat. |
| tavern sandwichnoun | (Upper Midwestern US) An Iowan sandwich consisting of unseasoned ground beef and sauteed onions in a bun. |
| italian sandwichnoun | (US) A type of submarine sandwich consisting of French bread sliced lengthwise, filled with salami or ham with cheese and onion. |
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