beefcake
noun/ˈbiːfˌkeɪk/
Etymology From beef + cake. In sense 1, by analogy with cheesecake (“an image of a sexy young woman”).
1
Informal Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.
- No look at gay related calendars would be complete without at least a mention of those beefcake spreads. GCN only received one such calendar, the rather disappointing Men of Venice Beach.1982 December 25, J. Grainger, “Gay-by-Gay Calendars at a Glance”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 23, page 9:
2
Informal Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.
- The audience goes bugshit. The security beefcakes separate them and the host gets between them, talking in a voice that is soothing on top, inciteful beneath.2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
3
Literally A patty made of beef.
- Beefcake with Burgundy Mushroom Cream1998, Jessie Tirsch, McGuire's Irish Pub Cookbook, Pelican, page 145: