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

See Examples For:

six-pack six-packs

And facts so clean that a satirist would reject them as too on the nose: one six-pack, one dry village, one retired pilot, one $95,000 plane.

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

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

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

“Seeing as you’re new to the game, and a friend of Kevin, I’ll give you a half dozen cans of mixed vegetables, plus two cans of tuna and a six-pack of water.”

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Will we all receive the six-packs of our dreams?

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 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

Grocery stores can now sell wine, and beer distributors can sell beer in just about any quantity, including six-packs and growlers.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2016

Barry yanked open the fridge, and a thrill went through him when he saw two six-packs of Coke, some cheese, hot dogs, bread, and a large bottle of water.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis