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six-pack en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɪksˌpæk/
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. A collection of six of something bundled together, especially six cans of beer or soda pop.
   • “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. 2005, Jim Jackson, Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now, page 120:
   • The table opposite me is occupied by a young couple with a table full of alcohol and snacks. In a role reversal, he is drinking Smirnoff Ice while she steadily demolishes a six-pack of lager! 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 74:
   • If you're thirsty, there's a six pack in the kitchen.
   • Norton had made a neat, lawyerly check beside each of the items he and Billy had picked up—half a dozen or so, including the milk and a six-pack of Coke. 1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press:
2. A collection of six of something bundled together, especially six cans of beer or soda pop. ▸ A set of carburetors totaling six venturis via three 2-barrel units.
3. A highly developed set of abdominal muscles.
   • 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 in the movie Fight Club. 2009, Jorge Cruise, Body at Home: A Simple Plan to Drop 10 Pounds, page 182:
   • Are you going to tone your arms, build a six pack or tighten up the old rump? 2005, Les Hewitt, The Power of Focus for College Students, page 133:
   • Developing a cut-up six-pack doesn't happen by accident unless you've got exceptional genetics […] 2010, Bill Geiger, "6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks", Reps! 17:106
4. (US, informal) A selection of six photographs, including one of a suspect, used for identification by a witness.
   • 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. 2008, John N. Ferdico, Henry F. Fradella, Christopher D. Totten, Criminal Procedure for the Criminal Justice Professional, 10th edition, page 792:

Forms

Coordinates

twelve-pack · eight pack · twelve pack · eight-pack

Deriveds

Asian six-pack · Joe Six-pack

Hypernyms

abs

Relateds

six-pack bezique

Synonyms

washboard abs

Translations (55)

nn sekspakning (set of six beverage cans) · fi pyykkilautavatsa (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · tr baklava (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · de Sixpack (set of six beverage cans) · eo ventromuskoloj (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · eo lavtabulaj ventromuskoloj (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · es tabla de lavar (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · cs pekáč buchet (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · es caluga (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · pl sześciopak (set of six beverage cans) · es abdominales de lavadero (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · fr pack de six (set of six beverage cans) · pl sześciopak (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · id roti sobek (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · da vaskebræt (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · tr baklavalar (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · de Sechserpackung (set of six beverage cans) · fr tablette de chocolat (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · sv sexpack (set of six beverage cans) · ja 6缶パック (set of six beverage cans) · sv tvättbräda (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · nl sixpack (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · hu kockahas (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · ja シックスパック (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · nb sekspakning (set of six beverage cans) · ru квадра́тики (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · es ravioles (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · ro pătrățele (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · cmn 六塊腹肌 /六块腹肌 (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · ko 왕짜 (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · yue 六嚿腹肌 (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · de Sixpack (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · af blokkiesmaag (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · sv sexpack (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · pt tanquinho (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · it addominali a tartaruga (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · ru кубики (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · es tableta (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · fi kuuden pakkaus (set of six beverage cans) · fi sikspäkki (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · de Sechsertragerl (set of six beverage cans) · es pack / paquete de seis (pak) (set of six beverage cans) · de Sechserpack (set of six beverage cans) · pl kaloryfer (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · pl szóstka zdjęć policyjnych (US law enforcement: six photographs) · eo sesopo (set of six beverage cans) · fa ششتکه (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · he קֻבִּיּוֹת (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · de Waschbrettbauch (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · it tartaruga (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · fi sikspäkki (set of six beverage cans) · es cuadritos (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · af sespak (set of six beverage cans) · nl wasbord (highly developed set of abdominal muscles) · es tableta de chocolate (highly developed set of abdominal muscles)

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