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beefcake

American

[beef-kayk] / ˈbifˌkeɪk /

noun

Informal.

photographs of nearly nude young men in magazines or the like, posed to display their muscular bodies.

beefcake British

/ ˈbiːfˌkeɪk /

noun

slang men displayed for their muscular bodies, esp in photographs Compare cheesecake

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Etymology

Origin of beefcake

1945–50; beef + cake, modeled on cheesecake

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beefcake

It’s also entirely possible that Ocasio-Cortez and Jon Ossoff, the low-key beefcake Georgia senator, will run for president.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Never fear, “Kraven the Hunter” is here, a big ol’ side of comic-book beefcake with no contemplation required.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024

More accurately, he’s all idea, a beefcake avatar of linear thinking and pretension.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2017

So these are the stakes: if you write something online, at some point it may read back to the whole world, and potentially one very mustachioed beefcake.

From The Verge ● Jun. 25, 2016

“You are awesome! You are awesome!” said a twentysomething beefcake as he crossed in front of me at a red light.

From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2015

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