Meanings
plural beefcakes · alternative beef-cake
- informaluncountableImagery 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 - countableinformalSuch 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, →ISBNSynonyms: lady-killer, hunk, Adonis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSuch a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.
Origin
From beef + cake. In sense 1, by analogy with cheesecake (“an image of a sexy young woman”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Muskelprotz
- Muskelprotza very muscular person — see also hunk
Hebrew לירד
- לירד (Leerd)imagery of muscular men
Russian бифкейк
- бифкейк (bifkejk)imagery of muscular men
Swedish biff
- biffa very muscular person — see also hunk
Turkish kas yumağı
- kas yumağıimagery of muscular men
Cite this entry
beefcake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beefcake
“beefcake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beefcake. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beefcake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beefcake.
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