ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Burner

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈbɜːnə/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Burner is a noun meaning Someone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn.

Meaning

Someone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn.

(computing) A device that records data or music to an optical disc, such as a CD-R or DVD-RW.
(computing) An app that creates temporary phone numbers for a user.
(Internet, slang) Ellipsis of burner account.
(slang) Ellipsis of burner phone, a mobile phone used for only a short time and then thrown away so that the owner cannot be traced.
(slang) An elaborate piece of graffiti.
(slang) A pyrotechnic tear gas canister.
(slang) A gun.

No one on the corner has swagger like us / Hit me on my burner prepaid wireless

There is a hierarchy of sorts: a throw-up can go over a tag, a piece over a throw-up, and a burner over a piece.

In Mississippi, Tom turned an encampment of do-gooder burners into an organization he dubbed Burners Without Borders.

[…] we were doing productions, burners like 100 feet long and as tall as we could get, standing on people's shoulders, […]

Related dictionary entries include combustion, burning, fire, incinerator, incense, stove.

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