six-pack

noun

ˈsiks-ˌpak 

1

: six bottles or cans (as of beer) packaged and purchased as a unit

2

: the contents of a six-pack

3

: a set of strong and well-defined abdominal muscles visible on a person's midsection

In one room, a former Chicago Luvabulls dancer, chiseled six-pack exposed in a crop top, gyrates to Beyonce's "Deja Vu."

—Kyra Kyles

—often used in the phrase six-pack abs

I see so many people doing sit-ups and all these crunches trying to get six-pack abs.

—Mark Langowski

Examples of six-pack in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That is one of three pasta cuts featured in this six-pack, which includes two boxes each of quattratoni, vesuvio, and cascatelli. —Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025

Wouldn’t his assailant break a toe kicking that six-pack? —Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025

Your core is an interconnected group of muscles that includes all your abs — not just your rectus abdominis, the long vertical muscle that can appear as a visible six-pack in people with low body fat. —Dana Santas, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025

The video details his year-long fitness transformation, leaving him with six-pack abs and a much toner chest. —Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined at sense 1