six-pack

American  

[siks-pak] / ˈsɪksˌpæk /

noun

six-packs plural

1. six bottles or cans of a beverage, as beer or a soft drink, packaged and sold especially as a unit.

2. any package of six identical or closely related items, as seedling plants or small batteries, sold as a unit.

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six-pack British  

noun

1. informal a package containing six units, esp six cans of beer

2. a set of highly developed abdominal muscles in a man

3. (modifier) arranged in standard sets of six

   six-pack apartment blocks

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• six-packs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of six-pack

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

The 30-second spot features a young man in a park attempting pull-ups, who asks a muscular bystander about achieving six-pack abs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

“If you could actually get a six-pack in 10 minutes, that would be awesome.”

From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025

A six-pack of 1.55-ounce Hershey bars that cost $4.97 in mid-May now costs $8.24 at a Walmart in Virginia, according to a Barron’s price check.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

All that exercise means he has "less than 18 per cent body fat and a six-pack".

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024

She sets a six-pack of Coke down, and he tells her how much she owes.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko