six-pack
Americannoun
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six bottles or cans of a beverage, as beer or a soft drink, packaged and sold especially as a unit.
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any package of six identical or closely related items, as seedling plants or small batteries, sold as a unit.
noun
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informal a package containing six units, esp six cans of beer
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a set of highly developed abdominal muscles in a man
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(modifier) arranged in standard sets of six
six-pack apartment blocks
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of six-pack
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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He is as fit as anyone else, but his strength is rooted in his humble nature rather than the Instagram-worthy six-pack abs sculpted to perfection that most youngsters today seem to aspire to.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
Durov, who almost always wears black—except when posing for shirtless photos with six-pack abs—espouses a libertarian view of the world, rejecting alignment with states and centralized power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Chocolate prices have significantly increased, with a six-pack of Hershey bars rising from $4.97 to $8.24 at one Walmart since May.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
There is, especially this time of year, no shortage of attractive people with six-pack abs who will happily tell you the best way to improve your well-being.
From Slate ● Jan. 1, 2025
He was dressed in rags and seaweed, with a chain-mail coat made of bottle caps and old plastic six-pack holders.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
Original glazed, chocolate-iced with rainbow sprinkles, and raspberry-filled doughnuts will be sold individually and in six-packs in the restaurant and drive-thru.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
Ballard short story “The Garden of Time,” populated by gender-nonbinary Greek statues come to life, many wearing tulle sheath dresses in gray, indigo, cherry red and fuchsia with trompe l’oeil six-packs, breasts and toga folds.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2022
Starting Monday, Sept. 20, the late-night bakery chain will provide teachers free six-packs in honor of the back-to-school season, a spokesperson for Insomnia Cookies told Fox News.
From Fox News ● Sep. 19, 2021
In the first four days, 1,900 six-packs of Club World class bread baskets were snapped up.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2020
The rest of the night is a complete blur of boxes and hot bags and change and six-packs and twenty-dollar bills.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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