cupcake

Pluralcupcakes

Formscupcakes, cupcaking, cupcaked

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A small, single-serving cake baked in a paper cup and usually topped with icing.

   Like a tiny cake just big enough for one person.

   She picked the cupcake with the most frosting on top.

   We baked a dozen cupcakes for the school fair.

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2. 2
   nouncolloquialcountable

   A sweet name you call someone you love or care about.

   Like calling someone 'honey' or 'sweetie'.

   Come here, cupcake, and give me a hug.

   Good morning, cupcake, did you sleep well?

   Similarsweetheart, honey, sweetie, darling

3. 3
   nounslangcountable

   A young woman seen as pretty or attractive.

   He couldn't stop staring at the cupcake by the door.

   A few cupcakes were chatting near the dance floor.

   Similarbabe, hottie, looker

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4. 4
   nounslangcountable

   A man thought to be weak or not manly.

   The sergeant called him a cupcake for skipping the hike.

   Don't be such a cupcake. Just finish the job.

   Similarwimp, weakling, softie

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5. 5
   verbslangintransitive

   To flirt, or to talk and act in a loving way.

   The two of them cupcake whenever they think no one is watching.

   Stop cupcaking and pay attention to the road.

   Similarflirt

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6. 6
   verbcolloquialintransitive

   To bake small cakes in cup-shaped paper cups.

   We cupcake every Sunday for the church sale.

   They were cupcaking all morning before the party.

   Similarbake

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7. 7
   verbtransitive or intransitive

   To cover something with frilly, fancy decorations, or to be full of them.

   Like covering something in so many decorations it looks like a frosted cake.

   Designers sometimes cupcake a gown with so many frills it overwhelms.

   The nursery was cupcaked in lace and ruffles.

   Similardecorate, festoon, adorn

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8. 8
   verbslangtransitive

   To deal with something easily and do it well.

   Veterans cupcake jobs that leave beginners struggling.

   He cupcaked the interview and got the offer the next day.

   Similarace, nail

   Oppositebotch, fumble

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9. 9
   verbslangtransitive

   To flirt with someone, talking or acting in a loving way toward them.

   Boys his age cupcake anyone who smiles at them.

   “I have thought of nothing but you for many days.” / Leticia actually blushed. “You cupcaking me?”

   2016, Janey Mack, Choked UpHere, cupcaking means flirting with someone, talking in a loving way.

   Similarwoo

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10. 10
    verbcolloquialtransitive

    To give a person or pet cupcakes to eat.

    Indulgent aunts cupcake their nephews at every birthday.

    Kenny started “You’ve Been Cupcaked” three years ago after she earned a following creating cakes and cupcakes for family members.

    2011, Stephanie A. O’Connell, “A baker’s delight, and that’s just icing on the cake”Here, cupcaked means given cupcakes to eat.

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11. 11
    verbcolloquialintransitive

    To eat so many cupcakes that you are completely full, used with 'out'.

    Kids always cupcake out at unsupervised parties.

    By dessert, everyone had cupcaked out completely.

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12. 12
    verbtransitive

    To smash or smear a cupcake onto someone or something.

    Pranksters cupcake anyone who falls asleep at the party.

    She cupcaked her brother during the food fight.

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