six-pack

American  

[siks-pak] / ˈsɪksˌpæk /

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of six-pack

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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

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

From MarketWatch

I’m sorry to say that the six-pack Valentine’s gift of engine oil for my hemorrhaging VW didn’t quite make the cut.

From Los Angeles Times

In many ways the lack of bulging muscles or six-pack has endeared him to the British public.

From BBC

Given Hancock’s soft falsetto voice that drips with a Southern drawl, the sounds of effort in the Mariners’ “six-pack” of pitching mounds offered a hint to his intensity during Wednesday’s bullpen session.

From Seattle Times