beefcake

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbiːfˌkeɪk/

Noun

beefcake

1. (informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.

   cot en

2. (informal, countable) Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.

   Synonyms: lady-killer, hunk, adonis

   • 2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes: A Novel, Simon and Schuster (ISBN 9781476754468)

     The audience goes bugshit. The security beefcakes separate them and the host gets between them, talking in a voice that is soothing on top, inciteful beneath.

3. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see beef, cake
   • 1998, Jessie Tirsch, McGuire's Irish Pub Cookbook, Pelican, page 145:

     Beefcake with Burgundy Mushroom Cream

Related terms

• beefy

Translations

• German: Muskelprotz (pejorative) muscle-man
• Russian: бифкейк

Translations

• French: bellâtre
• Spanish: galán, (Argentina) churro, (Latin America) mijito rico, guapetón, mino (Argentina)

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