English Explanatory Dictionary

cupcake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
  2. An attractive young woman.
  3. A weak or effeminate man.
  4. Term of endearment.
  5. An unskilled player or team, especially one expected to be easily defeated by a stronger opponent.
verb
  1. To flirt; to talk or act amorously or intimately.
  2. To flirt with; to talk or act amorously or intimately to.
  3. To mash a cupcake at; to cover with cupcake.
  4. To handle easily and successfully.
  5. To cover or be abundant with cake-like decorations such as frills.
  6. To feed cupcakes.
  7. With out: to saturate by cupcakes.
  8. To make cupcakes.

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌpkeɪk/ En-au-cupcake.ogg

Word forms

cupcake cupcakes cupcaking cupcaked

Etymology

From cup + cake.

Synonyms

pansy sissy fox stunner heartmate muffin sweetie fairy cake queen cake butterfly cake babe cockney cabbage

Derived words

cuckcake cupcakery cupcakey cupcaking
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