cupcake
Etymology

From cup + cake.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈkʌpkeɪk/
Noun

cupcake (plural cupcakes)

  1. A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
  2. (slang) An attractive young woman.
  3. (slang) A weak or effeminate man.
  4. (informal) Term of endearment.
Synonyms Translations Translations Verb

cupcake (cupcakes, present participle cupcaking; simple past and past participle cupcaked)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To flirt; to talk or act amorously or intimately.
    • 2011, Deontra Woods, Blood, Sweat and Tears, page 102:
      I watched Brian as he drove off down the street. I turned and went back inside the studio and found Len at my desk. “I saw you and Brian cupcaking out there.”
    • 2013, Michelle Robinson, Right Before My Eyes II, page 100:
      But I figured Najah was cupcaking with Johan, Chelsea was eating something that didn't match while Greg rubbed her feet, and Kalena wasn't in a space to talk or listen.
    • 2014, Zaneeya S., Overcoming My Past, page 170:
      She said, “You're always Cupcaking.” I replied, “I'm not cupcaking. I'm enjoying my conversation so hush.” David and I would stay on the phone all night and talk. It was normal for us.
    • 2018, Carlos Bayne, Napkin Nights: The Crunk Chronicles:
      Let's review the tale of the tape: My best friend is being held hostage, I boosted his ride and mobile, then cupcaked with a heater-packing widow-maker.
  2. (transitive, slang, rare) To flirt with; to talk or act amorously or intimately to.
  3. (transitive) To mash a cupcake at; to cover with cupcake.
  4. (transitive, slang) To handle easily and successfully.
  5. (ambitransitive) To cover or be abundant with cake-like decorations such as frills.
  6. (transitive, informal, rare) To feed cupcakes.
  7. (intransitive, informal) With out: to saturate by cupcakes.
  8. (intransitive, informal) To make cupcakes.



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