beefcake

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English

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Two beefcakes.

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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beefcake (countable and uncountable, plural beefcakes)

  1. (informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
    • 1982 December 25, J. Grainger, “Gay-by-Gay Calendars at a Glance”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 23, page 9:
      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.
    Coordinate term: cheesecake
  2. (informal, countable) Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.
    Synonyms: lady-killer, hunk, adonis
    • 2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      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.
  3. (literally) A patty made of beef.
    • 1998, Jessie Tirsch, McGuire's Irish Pub Cookbook, Pelican, page 145:
      Beefcake with Burgundy Mushroom Cream

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