cupcake

[ kuhp-keyk ]
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noun
  1. a small cake, the size of an individual portion, baked in a cup-shaped mold.

  2. Older Slang.

    • a sexually attractive young woman.

    • a beloved girl or woman.

Origin of cupcake

1
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; cup + cake

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British Dictionary definitions for cupcake

cupcake

/ (ˈkʌpˌkeɪk) /


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

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