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six-pack

[ siks-pak ]

noun

  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.


six-pack

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of six-pack1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

Go out and leave a six-pack at the Tomb of the Unknown Bowler.

Because the cult of the six-pack reigns oppressively supreme.

Humans do not actually need to sit much; our six-pack-brandishing tribal counterparts cover 15 to 20 miles a day on average.

A six-pack of the 75-watt bulbs costs $128.82 at Home Depot, or $21.47 each.

The goal is not to build a six-pack or get into shape to run a marathon.

He had a six-pack of chocolate pudding beside him, and a wastebasket overflowing with food wrappers and boxes.

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