six pack

English

A man with a well-developed six pack

Alternative forms

• six-pack

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈsiksˌpæk/

Noun

six pack (plural six packs)

1. A set of six beverage cans or bottles sold together, especially of beer.

   If you're thirsty, there's a six pack in the kitchen.

   • 2005, Jim Jackson, Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now, page 120

     “We try to create the illusion that we just cruise up into the booth, crack open a six pack, and just schmooze while we watch the game,” Clement explains.

2. (bodybuilding) A highly-developed set of abdominal muscles.
   • 2005, Les Hewitt, The Power of Focus for College Students, page 133

     Are you going to tone your arms, build a six pack or tighten up the old rump?

   • 2009, Jorge Cruise, Body at Home: A Simple Plan to Drop 10 Pounds, page 182

     Depending on your genetics, you might develop abs that have deep grooves, or you might get a great six pack yet your abs appear "flat" like Brad Pitt's n the movie Fight Club.

3. (US, informal, law enforcement) A selection of six photographs, including one of a suspect, used for idenitification by a witness.
   • 2008, John N. Ferdico, Henry F. Fradella, & Christopher D. Totten, Criminal Procedure for the Criminal Justice Professional, 10th ed., page 792

     Officer Bahash then obtained a copy of Grant's photograph from the DMV and placed it in a six-person photograph array (also known as a “six-pack”) for possible identification by two earlier victims.

Related terms

• eight pack
• twelve pack

Translations

set of six beverage cans

• Finnish: sikspäkki (fi)
• German: Sechserpack (de) n

• Swedish: sexpack (sv)

bodybuilding: highly developed set of abdominal muscles

• Finnish: pyykkilautavatsa (fi)
• German: Waschbrettbauch (de) m, sex (de)

• Swedish: sexpack (sv)

US law enforcement: six photographs