six-pack
noun/ˈsɪksˌpæk/
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A collection of six of something bundled together, especially six cans of beer or soda pop.
- If you're thirsty, there's a six pack in the kitchen.
- Norton had made a neat, lawyerly check beside each of the items he and Billy had picked up—half a dozen or so, including the milk and a six-pack of Coke.1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press:
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- “We try to create the illusion that we just cruise up into the booth, crack open a six pack, and just schmooze while we watch the game,” Clement explains.2005, Jim Jackson, Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now, page 120:
- The table opposite me is occupied by a young couple with a table full of alcohol and snacks. In a role reversal, he is drinking Smirnoff Ice while she steadily demolishes a six-pack of lager!2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 74:
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Automotive, Transport, Vehicles A set of carburetors totaling six venturis via three 2-barrel units.
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Bodybuilding, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A highly developed set of abdominal muscles.
- Are you going to tone your arms, build a six pack or tighten up the old rump?2005, Les Hewitt, The Power of Focus for College Students, page 133:
- Depending on your genetics, you might develop abs that have deep grooves, or you might get a great six pack yet your abs appear "flat" like Brad Pitt's in the movie Fight Club.2009, Jorge Cruise, Body at Home: A Simple Plan to Drop 10 Pounds, page 182:
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- Developing a cut-up six-pack doesn't happen by accident unless you've got exceptional genetics […]2010, Bill Geiger, "6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks", Reps! 17:106
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Government, Law enforcement US, Informal A selection of six photographs, including one of a suspect, used for identification by a witness.
- Officer Bahash then obtained a copy of Grant's photograph from the DMV and placed it in a six-person photograph array (also known as a “six-pack”) for possible identification by two earlier victims.2008, John N. Ferdico, Henry F. Fradella, Christopher D. Totten, Criminal Procedure for the Criminal Justice Professional, 10th edition, page 792:
- Derived terms
- Asian six-pack, Joe Six-pack
- Related terms
- six-pack bezique
- Coordinate terms
- eight-pack, eight pack, twelve-pack, twelve pack