"beefcake" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbiːfˌkeɪk/ Audio: En-us-ncalif-beefcake2.ogg [US], en-au-beefcake.ogg [Australia] Forms: beefcakes [plural]
Rhymes: -iːfkeɪk Etymology: From beef + cake, by analogy with cheesecake (“an image of a sexy young woman”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|beef|cake}} beef + cake, {{m|en|cheesecake||an image of a sexy young woman}} cheesecake (“an image of a sexy young woman”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} beefcake (countable and uncountable, plural beefcakes)
  1. (informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men. Tags: informal, uncountable Translations (imagery of muscular men): לירד (Leerd) [masculine] (Hebrew), бифкейк (bifkejk) [masculine] (Russian), kas yumağı (english: muscle-skein) (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-beefcake-en-noun-dUqx9wY7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 49 6 Disambiguation of 'imagery of muscular men': 90 9 1
  2. (informal, countable) Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable. Tags: countable, informal Categories (topical): Appearance, Cakes and pastries, Male people Synonyms: lady-killer, hunk, adonis Translations (a very muscular person — see also hunk): Muskelprotz [masculine, pejorative] (German), biff [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-beefcake-en-noun-HuACj9UD Disambiguation of Appearance: 19 79 2 Disambiguation of Cakes and pastries: 31 53 16 Disambiguation of Male people: 11 89 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 49 6 Disambiguation of 'a very muscular person — see also hunk': 37 63 0
  3. (literally) A cake containing beef. Tags: countable, literally, uncountable
    Sense id: en-beefcake-en-noun-9opUMgNz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: beef-cake Related terms: beefy

Inflected forms

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