as in hunk
a physically attractive man
an iconic beefcake of Hollywood in the 1940s, he always appeared shirtless in at least one scene
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Recent Examples of beefcake
The audience is free to ogle beefcake, but Cope doesn’t get any action.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Only Elordi, variously treated like beefcake and brooder, seems lost trying to square Julius’ early vulnerability with the final act’s hopeful romance.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
After a decade of serving nothing but beefcake, the FDNY started including women firefighters, paramedics and EMTs in 2014.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2025
Seth Bogart’s ceramic beefcake body-builder Oscar was also a head-turner.
—Michael Slenske, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Only Elordi, variously treated like beefcake and brooder, seems lost trying to square Julius’ early vulnerability with the final act’s hopeful romance.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
After a decade of serving nothing but beefcake, the FDNY started including women firefighters, paramedics and EMTs in 2014.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2025
Seth Bogart’s ceramic beefcake body-builder Oscar was also a head-turner.
—Michael Slenske, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beefcake
Noun
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In November 2024, for instance, the International Space Station found itself in the way of a hunk of space junk.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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For starters, even at 4 mm by 4 mm, the Utah array would be too big and clumsy a hunk of hardware for Science to implant in the eye or Synchron to thread through a vein.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Boozer is joined by twin brother Cayden (a point guard), five-star wing Nikolas Khamenia and wing Dame Sarr to form this year’s freshmen studs.—
Scott Phillips,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Without its stud defensive backs, Iowa State’s defense just isn’t as strong.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025
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Fans at home got an eyeful as muscleman Mike Munz, vocal duo Crash Adams, acrobatic pair The TT Boys, dance act The Funkateers Dancers, singing ensemble The Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir, and others got down to business.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Sep. 2025
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Get an eyeful of Davidson on The Tonight Show in the interview above.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
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Despite his reputation as a womanizer, the former King denies the affair in his memoir.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Keaton also starred as a playwright/mother who becomes involved with a nefarious womanizer (Jack Nicholson) in Something’s Gotta Give (2003), good for her fourth best actress Oscar nomination.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Beefcake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beefcake. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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