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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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
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
"Today the artists... give them six-pack abs and muscles."
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
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
“One useless six-pack of water,” Alex said, “a half dozen cans of mixed vegetables, two cans of tuna, and a box of Wheaties. What else do you have in real food?”
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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
Open the cabinet in the master bathroom, and to this day, you will find expired six-packs of Sego, a chalky dietary milk shake popular in the late sixties.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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