cupcake
/ˈkʌpkeɪk/
cupcake noun: a small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
Noun
cupcake (plural cupcakes)
- A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
- But when he tasted a vanilla-frosted vanilla cupcake from the Magnolia Bakery in Greenwich Village in 2004, it changed his life. […] Members of Jordan’s royal family stop by the shop in jeans and sweatshirts, ordering boxes of cupcakes while their bodyguards wait outside.2009 September 23, Anna Louie Sussman, “Yes, We Speak Cupcake”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022
- Synonyms:
- fairy cake, queen cake, butterfly cake
- An attractive young woman.
- Whatever else this cupcake might be up to, she was no piker.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 604
- Synonyms:
- babe
- A weak or effeminate man.
- Synonyms:
- cockney
- A term of endearment.
- “Listen, cupcake,” Cash tried to soothe. “Sometimes when grownups get mad, they say things they don't mean. I'm sure your mother—”2010, Kimberly Cates, The Perfect Match
- Synonyms:
- cabbage
- An unskilled player or team, especially one expected to be easily defeated by a stronger opponent.
- Australia need a win to progress, but they have a cupcake in Italy for their last, so they're not likely to miss out.
Verb
cupcake (third-person singular simple present cupcakes, present participle cupcaking, simple past and past participle cupcaked)
- To flirt; to talk or act amorously or intimately.
- I watched Brian as he drove off down the street. I turned and went back inside the studio and found Len at my desk. “I saw you and Brian cupcaking out there.”2011, Deontra Woods, Blood, Sweat and Tears, page 102
- But I figured Najah was cupcaking with Johan, Chelsea was eating something that didn't match while Greg rubbed her feet, and Kalena wasn't in a space to talk or listen.2013, Michelle Robinson, Right Before My Eyes II, page 100
- To flirt with; to talk or act amorously or intimately to.
- “I have thought of nothing but you for many days.” / Leticia actually blushed. “You cupcaking me?”2016, Janey Mack, chapter 35, in Choked Up, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, pages 247–248
- “Quit cupcaking me, sugar.” / She was sure she was imagining the warmth in his deep, crinkly eyes, but her belly did a flip and high-fived her heart, as though she truly had succeeded in making him like her.2016, Pippa Grant writing as Jamie Farrell, Sugared (Misfit Brides; 4), →ISBN
- To mash a cupcake at; to cover with cupcake.
- After waving and smiling a quick farewell, I turned back on my way out of the lunchroom – and ran smack into Rusty Kuznevoy, flattening his chocolate cupcake against his chest.[…]Rusty saw the smirk, and I appeared to be snickering at the toughest kid in fourth grade seconds after cupcaking...2008, T. David Lee, 108th Street, New York, N.Y.: Eloquent Books, →ISBN, pages 60, 61, 169, and 199
- So Colin crouched down, allowing her to smash a slightly used cupcake against his nose.[…]Avery took the aprons from him, carefully folding them so more crumbs wouldn’t fall to the already cupcaked snow.2016, Rachel Hauck, A Royal Christmas Wedding (The Royal Wedding Series), Zondervan, pages 92–93
- To handle easily and successfully.
- “Being an independent coach sure, I cupcaked my schedule,” said McGuire.1981 January 28, Mike Fish, “College basketball — the power’s at…: UCLA rules, but ACC top conference”, in The Kansas City Times, page D-3
- After John Garr popped out, Jeff Ward cupcaked a ball to short for a forceout and Black scored.1988 July 19, Jack Oakley, “Modified battle is for 2nd”, in The Register, volume 110, number 221, page 2B
- To cover or be abundant with cake-like decorations such as frills.
- Maeve joined them in happy admiration of the baby girl, who had just been christened with the name Genesis and was cupcaked for the occasion with endless bits of lace frill.1997, Lawrence J. Taylor, The Road to Mexico, Tucson, Ariz.: The University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 34
- By nine o’clock that night the snow had begun to fall even harder. Brendon stood on the corner of 87ᵗʰ Street and Stony Island Avenue beneath a green canvas awning now cupcaked with a layer of white.2015, Joe Kilgore, A Farmhouse in the Rain, Winchester; Washington: Top Hat Books, published 2016
- To feed cupcakes.
- So—we offered a cup cake a day for life to anybody who would find us a better word than the word “market.”[…]She wrote to say that the Farmers Market defies description and asks why we don’t just keep on referring to it as the original Farmers Market and send the cup cakes to some home for under...1942 March 10, Fred Beck, “Farmers Market Bulletin”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LXI, page 2
- Winnie Ellis “cupcaked” her Decorative Stitchery group and Paul Barnett baked enough of her special bran muffins for all of the Meals on Wheels recipients.1975 September 11, Kerrville Mountain Sun, volume 94, number 48, Kerrville, Tex., page six
- With out: to saturate by cupcakes.
- Ross, a pastry chef who recently moved from California, reels off half a dozen cupcake bakeries in the Santa Monica area she went to all the time, including one called “Le Cupcake” which opened last fall and prompted one food blogger to ask, “Are we cupcaked out? Is there room for yet another...2007 September 26, Darry Madden, “Opening her own business is icing on the cupcake”, in The Boston Globe, volume 272, number 88, page E4
- I love baking cupcakes, but I was starting to feel cupcaked-out.2013, Coco Simon, Katie’s New Recipe (Cupcake Diaries; 13), Simon Spotlight, →ISBN, page 42
- To make cupcakes.
- “I told ’em that you would bake us 30 cupcakes instead.” And so Mrs. Smith cupcaked the other night until 1 a. m.1955 December 23, Gerald (Gunny) Gunthrup, “The Gunny Sack”, in The Oneonta Star, volume LXIV, number 657, Oneonta, N.Y., page 4
- And make cupcakes. I’ve cupcaked three times in the last few days.2011 August 25, Suzanne Thibeault, “500 Things Project: Thinking about cupcakes and pickles”, in TribLocal, page 12
cupcake meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cupcake in Hindi
- small cake
- कप केक kap kek
cupcake in Tamil
- கிண்ண இன்மா
cupcake in Marathi
- कपकेक
cupcake in Urdu
- کپ کیک, کپکیک
More languagesFewer languages
- cupcake in Bengali
- কাপকেক, কাপ কেক, কাপ কেকিং
- cupcake in Malayalam
- കപ്പ് കേക്ക്, കപ്പ്കേക്ക്, കപ്പ് കേക്കിംഗ്
- cupcake in Kannada
- ಕಪ್ ಕೇಕ್, ಕಪ್ ಕೇಕಿಂಗ್
- cupcake in Punjabi
- ਕੱਪ ਕੇਕ, ਕੱਪਕੇਕ, ਕੱਪ-ਕੇਕ
- cupcake in Gujarati
- કપકેક, કપ કેક
- cupcake in Odia
- କପକେକ୍, କପ୍ କେକ୍
- cupcake in Tagalog
- kapkeyk
- cupcake in Malay
- kek cawan
- cupcake in Thai
- คัพเค้ก káp-kéek
Examples of cupcake in a sentence
- Let's review the tale of the tape: My best friend is being held hostage, I boosted his ride and mobile, then cupcaked with a heater-packing widow-maker.2018, Carlos Bayne, Napkin Nights: The Crunk Chronicles:
- She grabs another cupcake and quickly smushes it into the side of my face.2016, Christina Hoag, Girl on the Brink, Fire and Ice, →ISBN, page 11:
- It got cupcaked.” —Geoff Grant (Las Vegas, Nevada)2016, Brian King, The Laughing Cure, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN:
- “[…]That was after I cupcaked him.” Dead silence greeted her.2018, Mandy M. Roth, Act of Brotherhood (Paranormal Security®= and Intelligence® (Psi-Ops®) an Immortal Ops® World Novel), Raven Happy...
Synonyms of cupcake
Forms of cupcake
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cupcakes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cupcakes |
| present participle | cupcaking |
| past participle | cupcaked |
| past | cupcaked |
Origin of cupcake
From cup + cake.
Words formed from cupcake
Phrases with cupcake
Questions about cupcake
- What does cupcake mean?
- Cupcake means a small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
- What is cupcake in Hindi?
- Cupcake in Hindi is कप केक (kap kek). See Cupcake meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use cupcake in a sentence?
- Let's review the tale of the tape: My best friend is being held hostage, I boosted his ride and mobile, then cupcaked with a heater-packing widow-maker.
- What part of speech is cupcake?
- Cupcake can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce cupcake?
- Cupcake is pronounced /ˈkʌpkeɪk/.
- What is the plural of cupcake?
- The plural of cupcake is cupcakes.
Words near cupcake in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cupcake (page history and authors); Cupcake (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cupcake (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cupcake (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cupcake (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cupcake (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cupcake (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cupcake (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cupcake (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cupcake (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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