beefcake

English

WOTD – 10 October 2011    

Wikipedia

A beefcake.

Etymology

From beef + cake, by analogy with cheesecake (“an image of a sexy young woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbiːfˌkeɪk/

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Alternative forms

• beef-cake

Noun

beefcake (plural beefcakes)

1. Used other than as an idiom: see beef,‎ cake.
2. (informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
3. (informal, countable) Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.

Synonyms

• (attractive man): lady-killer

Related terms

• beefy
• cheesecake

Translations

imagery of muscular men

• German: Muskelprotz (de) m (pejorative) (muscle-man)
• Russian: бифкейк (ru) m 

• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kas yumağı (tr) (muscle-skein)

muscular, desirable man

• Finnish: lihaskimppu (fi)
• French: bellâtre (fr) m
• Spanish: galán (es) m, (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia) churro (es) m, (Latin America) mijito rico (es) m, guapetón (es) m

• Turkish: biftekkek (tr)