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cupcake

[kuhp-keyk]

noun

  1. a small cake, the size of an individual portion, baked in a cup-shaped mold.

  2. Older Slang.

    1. a sexually attractive young woman.

    2. a beloved girl or woman.



cupcake

/ ˈʌˌɪ /

noun

  1. a small cake baked in a cup-shaped foil or paper case

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cupcake1

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; cup + cake
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And I’m also going to Sprinkles and getting red velvet, gluten-free cupcakes.

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The bakery team whips up nine flavors of pie, plus danishes, eclairs, giant cinnamon rolls, cream puffs and cupcakes, all of which gleam from their wood-and-glass cases at a corner of the Copper Cafe.

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Not the delicate meringues or the aggressively frosted cupcakes of childhood birthday parties, but the muscular, memory-laced ones.

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Think of the frosting on a cupcake: you want peaks that stand tall, not slump.

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The brand Galaxy Gas comes in a variety of flavors like mango smoothie and vanilla cupcake for such purposes.

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