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cupcake.

A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkʌpkeɪk/
  1. A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.

  2. An attractive young woman.

    slang
  3. A weak or effeminate man.

    slang
  4. A term of endearment.

    informal
  5. An unskilled player or team, especially one expected to be easily defeated by a stronger opponent.

    slang
    Australia need a win to progress, but they have a cupcake in Italy for their last, so they're not likely to miss out.
Where this word comes from

From cup + cake.

verb/ˈkʌpkeɪk/
  1. To flirt; to talk or act amorously or intimately.

    intransitive · slang
  2. To flirt with; to talk or act amorously or intimately to.

    rare · slang · transitive
  3. To mash a cupcake at; to cover with cupcake.

    transitive
  4. To handle easily and successfully.

    slang · transitive
  5. To cover or be abundant with cake-like decorations such as frills.

    ambitransitive
  6. To feed cupcakes.

    informal · rare · transitive
  7. With out: to saturate by cupcakes.

    informal · intransitive
  8. To make cupcakes.

    informal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From cup + cake.

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