noun
beefcake
BEEF-kayk/ˈbiːfkeɪk/
A muscular male body displayed as sexually attractive.
The photographer poses the muscular man as beefcake in swim trunks.
Etymology
The combination beef + cake is said to have been modeled on cheesecake, slang for pictures of attractive women, to name male displays instead. A literal food use also seems to have existed.
More examples
- The film uses beefcake imagery to attract viewers.
- The advertisement turns the actor into a piece of beefcake.
- She jokes that the calendar contains plenty of beefcake.
Similar words
- hunk
- An informal term for an attractive muscular man.
- pinup
- A person posed attractively, without specifying muscularity or gender.