six-pack
Americannoun
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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
Etymology
Origin of six-pack
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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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
The 30-second spot features a young man in a park attempting pull-ups, who asks a muscular bystander about achieving six-pack abs.
The downside was that you had to hide a six-pack of batteries with the transmitter and replace them every week.
From Los Angeles Times
"Today the artists... give them six-pack abs and muscles."
From Barron's
She sets a six-pack of Coke down, and he tells her how much she owes.
From Literature
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