Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Images, especially photographs, of attractive, usually scantily attired men with muscular physiques.
  • noun The men depicted in such images.

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  • noun Used other than as an idiom: see beef,‎ cake.
  • noun informal, uncountable Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
  • noun informal, countable Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[beef + (cheese)cake.]

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From beef + cake, by analogy with cheesecake ("an image of a sexy young woman").

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Examples

  • And John Irving replied with what can only be described as a beefcake photo!

    Author! Author! » Blog Archive » Characters who think, part II 2006

  • But this, of course, is just icing on the glatt kosher beefcake, which is that "Ben" is

    Heeb HQ RSS 2010

  • Rumor has it that the beefcake is her new boy toy.

    Splash News Online 2009

  • The audacity of some people. chris Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 07: 56 PM EST the cute gay guy and the beefcake are the only reasons that i'm watching this season. the closeted mormon just might be the reason i stop watching before the season ends

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • If they were to bless us with a little "beefcake" at one of our "Fill-in-the-blank Unlimited" dinners, I might (for once) not fall asleep in my beer half way through the auction!!!

    Booth Babes 2008

  • TMZ. com is letting people vote on whether they would choose "beefcake" Hugh Jackman or "a bona fide hero" Capt.

    US Airways Pilot Finds Sudden Fame After Safe Landing 2009

  • And wouldn't it be funny if cake #1 WAS a 'beefcake'?

    Inappropriate, Much? Jen 2008

  • They don rhinestone W brooches and buy mouse pads, posters and T-shirts showing the president as a kind of beefcake Uncle Sam, with flowing white hair and bulging muscles threatening to rend his red, white and blue garments.

    THE NEWS BLOG 2005

  • Ladies, it's your chance to enjoy some "beefcake" and support the WSCFF Burn Foundation at the Firefighter Calendar Judging show taking place at the Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave.,

    The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE 2010

  • Even if White House photographers are no problem for the Obamas, there are still the paparazzi to worry about, as illustrated by the "beefcake" photos of a shirtless president-elect taken during the Obama family vacation in Hawaii.

    Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news 2009

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    September 29, 2011

  • And then there's this:

    Skippy excited today is Jersey shore day & yes, Skippy talk about himself in the 3rd person, Skippy strrrooongggg BEEFCAKE!

    If I wuz a stripper, my name would be Sir Loin becuz imma damn beefcake son....

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