six-pack

Noun

six-pack (plural six-packs)

1. A collection of six of something bundled together, especially six cans of beer or soda pop.
   • If you're thirsty, there's a six pack in the kitchen.
   • Norton had made a neat, lawyerly check beside each of the items he and Billy had picked up—half a dozen or so, including the milk and a six-pack of Coke.1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press
   1. A set of carburetors totaling six venturis via three 2-barrel units.
2. A highly developed set of abdominal muscles.
   • Are you going to tone your arms, build a six pack or tighten up the old rump?2005, Les Hewitt, The Power of Focus for College Students, page 133
   • Depending on your genetics, you might develop abs that have deep grooves, or you might get a great six pack yet your abs appear "flat" like Brad Pitt's in the movie Fight Club.2009, Jorge Cruise, Body at Home: A Simple Plan to Drop 10 Pounds, page 182

   Synonyms:

   washboard abs

3. (US, informal) A selection of six photographs, including one of a suspect, used for identification by a witness.
   • Officer Bahash then obtained a copy of Grant's photograph from the DMV and placed it in a six-person photograph array (also known as a “six-pack”) for possible identification by two earlier victims.2008, John N. Ferdico, Henry F. Fradella, Christopher D. Totten, Criminal Procedure for the Criminal Justice Professional, 10th edition, page 792