# cupcake

Pronunciation: say "KUP-kayk" /ˈkʌpkeɪk/

## Noun

1. An individual cake baked in a cup-shaped container, typically made of paper, with frosting often added on top.
   - Simple: A small, single-serving cake baked in a paper cup and usually topped with icing.
   - _The bakery sells a chocolate cupcake topped with raspberry buttercream._
   - _Each guest decorated their own cupcakes at the party._
2. An affectionate name used for a loved one, partner, or child. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A sweet name you call someone you love or care about.
   - _Thanks for breakfast, cupcake. You always know how to start my day._
   - _Don't worry, cupcake, everything is going to be fine._
3. An attractive or good-looking young woman. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A young woman seen as pretty or attractive.
   - _The new intern is a real cupcake, and half the office noticed._
   - _He spent the night trying to impress the cupcakes at the bar._
4. A man regarded as weak or effeminate. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A man thought to be weak or not manly.
   - _His teammates teased him as a cupcake whenever practice got tough._
   - _The drill instructor had no patience for cupcakes in his unit._

## Verb

5. To flirt, behaving or speaking in an amorous, intimate manner. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To flirt, or to talk and act in a loving way.
   - _Teenagers cupcake by text now instead of passing notes in class._
   - _They were cupcaking on the porch swing until well past midnight._
6. To prepare and bake cupcakes. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To bake small cakes in cup-shaped paper cups.
   - _The kids cupcake whenever they have a free weekend._
   - _She spent the holiday cupcaking for the entire neighborhood._
7. To cover with frills and cake-like decorations, or to be abundantly decorated in that style.
   - Simple: To cover something with frilly, fancy decorations, or to be full of them.
   - _Bakers love to cupcake their displays with elaborate frills._
   - _The ballroom was cupcaked with so much frilly trim that it felt overdone._
8. To handle a task or challenge easily and successfully. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To deal with something easily and do it well.
   - _Experienced climbers cupcake routes that intimidate newcomers._
   - _She cupcaked the negotiation and walked away with everything she wanted._
9. To flirt with someone; to speak or behave amorously or intimately toward a person. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To flirt with someone, talking or acting in a loving way toward them.
   - _Charmers like him cupcake whoever happens to be standing nearest._
   - _She cupcaked her date shamelessly across the candlelit table._
10. To give cupcakes to a person or animal as food. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To give a person or pet cupcakes to eat.
   - _Parents who cupcake their toddlers at every meal regret it later._
   - _He cupcaked the guests until no one had room for dinner._
11. With out, to become saturated with or completely full of cupcakes. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To eat so many cupcakes that you are completely full, used with 'out'.
   - _Guests tend to cupcake out long before the main course arrives._
   - _She cupcaked out at the fair and skipped dinner entirely._
12. To mash a cupcake at someone or something; to cover it with cupcake.
   - Simple: To smash or smear a cupcake onto someone or something.
   - _Rowdy guests cupcake each other once the cake is cut._
   - _He cupcaked the referee in protest after the call._

## Origin

A compound of "cup" and "cake".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cupcake (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).