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cupcake

noun

cup·​cake ˈkəp-ˌkāk How to pronounce cupcake (audio)
: a small cake baked in a cuplike mold

Examples of cupcake in a Sentence

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Everyone's a winner when the cupcakes come out. Maddie Topliff, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Nov. 2025 These types of guarantee games — or buy games, or cupcake games, pick your term — have always been a part of college football. Seth Emerson, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025 Also for dessert was an assortment of raspberry and vanilla macarons, and chocolate cupcakes with Biscoff mousse filling and toasted meringue. Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025 Fresh cakes and cupcakes up six percent. ABC News, 16 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cupcake

Word History

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cupcake was in 1828

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“Cupcake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cupcake. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

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cupcake

noun
cup·​cake ˈkəp-ˌkāk How to pronounce cupcake (audio)
: a small cake baked in a cup-shaped mold

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