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noun
Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal
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Synonyms: lady-killer, hunk, adonis
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A patty made of beef.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, literally, uncountable
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noun
a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic
History
From beef + cake. In sense 1, by analogy with cheesecake (“an image of a sexy young woman”).
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
