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Meaning of six-pack in English

six-pack
noun [ C ]
uk
/ˈsɪks.pæk/ us
/ˈsɪks.pæk/
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informal
six containers, usually bottles or cans, of a particular type of beer or other drink that are sold together as one unit
 
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humorous
the well-developed muscles of a man's stomach
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(Definition of six-pack from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

six-pack | American Dictionary

six-pack
noun [ C ]
(also six pack, us
/ˈsɪks ˌpæk/)
us
/ˈsɪksˌpæk/

six-pack noun [C] (DRINKS)

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a set of six cans or bottles of a drink sold together

six-pack noun [C] (MUSCLES)

a set of well-developed muscles on someone's stomach:
I train to be fit for football, but I bare my six-pack on the beach in San Diego.
(Definition of six-pack from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

six-pack | Business English

six-pack
noun [ C ]
uk
us
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six bottles or other containers, especially of beer, that are sold together as a set:
They're selling six packs of beer for $3.99, today only.
(Definition of six-pack from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of six-pack

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They go to the off-licence, buy a six-pack of lager, sit in front of the television in their smoke-free house and drink it.
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The key objective, however, would be the adoption of the 'six-pack,' the legislative package on economic governance.
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Some of my green friends wrote to me about the plastic that holds six-pack beer cans together.
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Some of it may be because a gang of five youngsters outside a shop may persuade someone over the age of 18 to go in and buy a six-pack.
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A carbon dioxide fire extinguisher, however, was able to cool a six-pack to a satisfactory temperature in about three minutes.
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This is an empty six-pack carrier that customers can fill with six bottles from a selection of craft beers.
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He is depicted as being six feet tall with rippling black hair, muscles, and a six-pack.
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It's a beer-drinking game where one takes a beer out of six-pack, shakes it, and mixes it up with the other beers.
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I also think my six-pack abs will be one of the highlights of the film, he added.
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However, six-pack rings are a relatively minor contributor to marine litter and wildlife fatalities.
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When he sits down, he inadvertently fires the six-pack into the sky, only for them to get caught on the power lines hanging over the garden.
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On six-pack charters you can choose your menue and the type of cruise you wish to take be it bay sailing or an ocean voyage. 2.
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Also in 1970 there was an extremely rare dealer-installed option of a six-pack intake and carburetors, however very few of these were ever sold (approx. 2 were installed).
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Plastic holders for six-packs of cans annoy me.
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However, that example was just used as an illustration to show that people can go into places and easily buy six-packs of beer.
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in Chinese (Traditional)
（啤酒或其他飲料的）六瓶裝，六罐裝, （男子的）發達的腹肌, 六塊肌…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
（啤酒或其他饮料的）六瓶装，六罐装, （男子的）发达腹肌…
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in Spanish
paquete de seis unidades, paquete de seis cervezas, abdominales prominentes…
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in Portuguese
abdômen definido, tanquinho…
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