beefcake

beef·cake

 (bēf′kāk′)

n. Informal

1. Images, especially photographs, of attractive, usually scantily attired men with muscular physiques.

2. The men depicted in such images.

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[beef + (cheese)cake.]

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beefcake

(ˈbiːfˌkeɪk)

n

slang men displayed for their muscular bodies, esp in photographs. Compare cheesecake²

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beef•cake

(ˈbifˌkeɪk)

n. Informal.

photographs of nearly nude, muscular young men.

[1945–50; modeled on cheesecake]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

beefcake - a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire photo, photograph, pic, exposure, picture - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

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Translations

beefcake

[ˈbiːfkeɪk] N (hum) → cachas m inv

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beefcake

[ˈbiːfkeɪk] n (= hunk) → armoire f à glace , malabar m beef cattle n → bœufs mpl de boucherie

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