CUPCAKE

cupcake

(noun) small cake baked in a muffin tin

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cupcake (plural cupcakes)

A small cake baked in a paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.

(slang) An attractive young woman.

(slang) A weak or effeminate man.

(dated) Term of endearment

Synonyms

• (small cake): fairy cake

• (effeminate man): cockney, pansy, sissy; see also effeminate man

• (attractive young woman): babe, fox, stunner; see also beautiful woman

• (term of endearment): cabbage, heartmate, sweetie; see also sweetheart

Verb

cupcake (third-person singular simple present cupcakes, present participle cupcaking, simple past and past participle cupcaked)

(slang, intransitive) To flirt; to talk or act amorously or intimately.

Source: Wiktionary



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