six-pack

Related to six-pack: abdominals

six-pack

1. A pack of six cans or bottles of a beverage, typically beer or soda, sold together as a single unit. The liquor store down the road sells six-packs of bud light for just $5. A: "What should a bring to the party?" B: "We don't really need anything. Maybe bring a six-pack of something you like to drink."
2. slang Well-defined abdominal muscles that appear in two columns of three on one's belly (likened to the appearance of a six-pack of cans). My goal for the summer was to shed my love handles and finally get a six-pack. I know it's pretty superficial, but I find six-packs incredibly attractive on men.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

six-pack

1. in. to while away a specified period of time drinking a six-pack of beer. (see also Joe Six-pack.) He sat in front of the television and six-packed the entire afternoon.
2. n. a well-muscled abdomen. Tom’s gut is a real six-pack. He must work out every day.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • be six feet under
  • pack
  • double six
  • half a dozen
  • submarine
  • submarine (sandwich)
  • off the road
  • sub
  • sub (sandwich)
  • hoagy
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An MP Series REMACK Six-Pack Injector Kit comes with everything needed to complete a fuel injector service, including new stainless-steel fuel injector sleeves, cups, 0-rings and paste.
No one has ever achieved a six-pack by attaching a gadget to their belly area and flicking on a switch while sitting on the couch, munching on chips, or by simply gulping a handful of costly diet pills.
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About a week later, the shipping manager bought another six-pack of 7UP from Carrefour in Ajman.
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Martin Clark, director of marketing and business development, North America at FKI Logistex, said companies are using smaller packages--think six-packs of beverages instead of 24-packs--and less protective casing.
Vitasoy in Ayer, Mass., has extended its line of organic single-serve soy milks to include a chocolate six-pack. Available this fall in time for October National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the new six packs will come wrapped in bright pink and will feature the pink ribbon symbol of the breast health movement.
Meanwhile, Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Unilever offers a Breyers Light six-pack of "double churned, extra creamy" Vanilla & Almond treats that contain one-half the fat of and 30% fewer calories than most so-called "regular ice cream bars" on the market.
If I'm honest, the holiday season had taken a toll and the old six-pack had been encased in, well, a body barrel-made up of chicken gravy and Budweiser.
The graphic image of cash in the freezer was just perfect for Joe Six-Pack's typically nonretentive memory, and a perfect antidote for the complicated Abramoff matter.
Asda "Good for You" chocolate mousse (six-pack) - pounds 0.64 Splendidly fluffy whipped chocolate texture, but so light to the taste you just can't resist reaching for more.
Six-pack one belongs to Neil Clapham, six-pack two is Aled Brew, John Bowen is the face behind six-pack three, Cai Griffiths owns six-pack four, Rowland Phillips is six-pack five and Richard Johnston number six.
While our abs may look more like a keg than a six-pack, bears are a very active and diverse crowd, and a rich source of news to report on.
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