beefcake

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beefcake

  • /ˈbiːfˌkeɪk/

Rhymes with -iːfkeɪk

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From beef + cake. In sense 1, by analogy with cheesecake (“an image of a sexy young woman”).

noun beefcakes · beef-cake

  1. informal, uncountable Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men. No look at gay related calendars would be complete without at least a mention of those beefcake spreads. GCN only received one such calendar, the rather disappointing Men of Venice Beach.
  2. countable, informal Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable. 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.

    Similar: lady-killer, hunk, Adonis

  3. countable, literally, uncountable A patty made of beef. Beefcake with Burgundy Mushroom Cream

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noun imagery of muscular men

Русскийбифкейк bifkejk
עבריתלירד Leerd

noun a very muscular person — see also hunk

DeutschMuskelprotz

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"beefcake." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/beefcake. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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beefcake. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/beefcake

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"beefcake." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/beefcake.

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@misc{beefcake_2026,
  title = {beefcake},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beefcake},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}