six-pack
Americannoun
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six-packs
plural
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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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It’s reality television-style performative sensitivity wrapped in six-pack abs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
A jury convicted him of a misdemeanor anyway, on the theory that a single six-pack sat in plain view, and a judge gave him the statutory minimum: a $1,500 fine and three days in jail.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
In one of the Super Bowl slots, a short man asks a representation of an AI assistant how to get six-pack abs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
"Today the artists... give them six-pack abs and muscles."
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
“Ethel want a six-pack of soda,” Galen told Deborah, then patted the mattress beside him.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Or they could be at the gym, admiring their six-packs in the mirror.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 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
His father’s insurance doesn’t cover the formula that provides that nutrition, six-packs that cost almost $10 each.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2017
The contents of his kitchen—canned goods, six-packs of Dr Pepper, unopened bags of Lay’s—sat in boxes next to the front door.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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