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cupcake

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌpkeɪk/

The English word “cupcake” has 13 meanings listed here.

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. A 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.

Etymology

From cup + cake.

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