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cupcake

[ kuhp-keyk ]

/ ˈkʌpˌkeɪk /

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noun

a small cake, the size of an individual portion, baked in a cup-shaped mold.

Older Slang.

a sexually attractive young woman.
a beloved girl or woman.

Origin of cupcake

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; cup + cake

Words nearby cupcake

cup-tied, cupbearer, cupboard, cupboard is bare, the, cupboard love, cupcake, cupe, cupel, cupellation, cupertino, cupferron

Example sentences from the Web for cupcake

This was nicely explicated in an Atlantic article whose title says it all: Your Gut Bacteria Want You To Eat A Cupcake.

‘Good Poop’ Diet Is the Next Big Thing |Daniela Drake |October 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
So there was a big imperative for cupcake chains to get large quickly.

The Cupcake Boom’s Sugar High Finally Crashes |Daniel Gross |July 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The cupcake bubble has been replaced, as I documented last year, by a fro-yo bubble.

The Cupcake Boom’s Sugar High Finally Crashes |Daniel Gross |July 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A woman in a cupcake of a wedding dress, with her wedding party behind her, stands against a frighteningly bruise-hued sky.

Photographer Raymond Depardon Captures the ‘Sweet Moments’ |Sarah Moroz |November 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The list included items like “have a bad hair day,” “eat a cupcake,” and “play with Play-Doh.”

‘Bucket List’ Baby Avery Canahuati: Facts About Spinal Muscular Atrophy |Andrew Carter |May 3, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for cupcake

cupcake

/ (ˈkʌpˌkeɪk) /

noun

a small cake baked in a cup-shaped foil or paper case