beefcake

noun

beef·​cake ˈbēf-ˌkāk 

often attributive

: a usually photographic display of muscular male physiques

also : a man of the type featured in such a display or such men in general compare cheesecake

Synonyms

• hunk
• stud
• eyeful
• womanizer

Examples of beefcake in a Sentence

He's not a great actor but he gets roles anyway because of all the moviegoers interested in beefcake.

He's one of Hollywood's most celebrated beefcakes.

Recent Examples on the Web

The audience is free to ogle beefcake, but Cope doesn’t get any action. —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

Word History

Etymology

beef entry 1 + (cheese)cake

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for beefcake

• awake
• backache
• beefsteak
• betake
• cheesecake
• cupcake
• daybreak
• earthquake
• eastlake
• forsake
• handshake
• headache