often attributive
: a usually photographic display of muscular male physiques
also
: a man of the type featured in such a display or such men in general compare cheesecake
Examples of beefcake in a Sentence
He's not a great actor but he gets roles anyway because of all the moviegoers interested in beefcake.
He's one of Hollywood's most celebrated beefcakes.
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Jill goes to the gym with her sister-in-law, sporting clothes best worn to church, and, between rants about Jack, Jill works out with a pair of German beefcakes.
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Derek Lawrence, Vulture, 28 July 2025
If nothing else, Lilo & Stitch now lacks a flustered beefcake.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Only Elordi, variously treated like beefcake and brooder, seems lost trying to square Julius’ early vulnerability with the final act’s hopeful romance.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
After a decade of serving nothing but beefcake, the FDNY started including women firefighters, paramedics and EMTs in 2014.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2025
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Derek Lawrence, Vulture, 28 July 2025
If nothing else, Lilo & Stitch now lacks a flustered beefcake.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Only Elordi, variously treated like beefcake and brooder, seems lost trying to square Julius’ early vulnerability with the final act’s hopeful romance.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
After a decade of serving nothing but beefcake, the FDNY started including women firefighters, paramedics and EMTs in 2014.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for beefcake
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“Beefcake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beefcake. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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