cupcake

[kuhp-keyk]

noun

1. a small cake, the size of an individual portion, baked in a cup-shaped mold.

2. Older Slang.

   1. a sexually attractive young woman.

   2. a beloved girl or woman.

cupcake

/ ˈkʌpˌkeɪk /

noun

1. a small cake baked in a cup-shaped foil or paper case

Word History and Origins

Origin of cupcake¹

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; cup + cake

Example Sentences

A dusting of snowflakes still clung to the envelope, like a sprinkling of white sugar on a cupcake.

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As Agatha Swanburne herself once remarked, “So many cupcakes, so little time”—an unfortunate mathematical ratio that remains in effect to this very day.

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A chef who went from being a kid baking cupcakes for doormen in pubs to running his own Michelin-starred restaurant is taking his love of cuisine to the internet.

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Which is why many feel the attempted solution might be more problematic than Nakamura’s cupcake tour.

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“Like, are we really going out to the club smelling like cupcakes?”

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