six-pack

noun

1
: six bottles or cans (as of beer) packaged and purchased as a unit
2
: the contents of a six-pack
3
: a set of strong and well-defined abdominal muscles visible on a person's midsection
In one room, a former Chicago Luvabulls dancer, chiseled six-pack exposed in a crop top, gyrates to Beyonce's "Deja Vu."Kyra Kyles
often used in the phrase six-pack abs
I see so many people doing sit-ups and all these crunches trying to get six-pack abs.Mark Langowski

Examples of six-pack in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Perfect for checked luggage, the food comes in easy-to-pack, 12.5-ounce boxes in a six-pack and is made from high-quality ingredients. Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024 That includes, but is not limited to, bags, bubble wrap, disposable flatware and cutlery, six-pack can holders, prescription-medicine bottles, toy lightsabres, those little table things that keep your pizza from getting smushed, and plastic lawn flamingos. Mark Remy, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024 Bero is sold online in single flavor six-packs ($16), 12-packs ($30), 18-packs ($45) and 24-packs ($55). Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024 For example, once the contestants made it past auditions and into a smaller cohort, the remaining contenders were constantly corralled into the gym, having food taken away from them, and belittled for not having six-pack abs. Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for six-pack 

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Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of six-pack was in 1949

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“Six-pack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/six-pack. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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