beefcake

English

WOTD – 10 October 2011

Two beefcakes.

Alternative forms

• beef-cake

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːfˌkeɪk/

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Noun

beefcake (countable and uncountable, plural beefcakes)

1. (informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
2. (informal, countable) Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.

   Synonyms: lady-killer, hunk

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beef,‎ cake.
   • 1998, Jessie Tirsch, McGuire's Irish Pub Cookbook, Pelican, page 145:

     Beefcake with Burgundy Mushroom Cream

Related terms

• beefy
• (photography): cheesecake

Translations

imagery of muscular men

• German: Muskelprotz m (pejorative) (muscle-man)
• Russian: бифкейк m (bifkejk)
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• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kas yumağı (muscle-skein)

muscular, desirable man

• Finnish: lihaskimppu (fi)
• French: bellâtre (fr) m
• Irish: staic láidir, staic bhreá d'fhear
• Spanish: galán m, (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia) churro (es) m, (Latin America) mijito rico m, guapetón (es) m
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• Swedish: muskelknutte c
• Turkish: biftekkek

Further reading

• beefcake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia