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six-pack

six-pack

39 2.1
A pack of six bottles or cans of drinks sold together
  • noun
  • /sɪks pæk/
translation icon : pack de seis
  • Can you please grab a six-pack of beer from the store on your way home?
  • a six-pack of beer
  • buy a six-pack
  • get a six-pack

Examples

  • I went across from the jail and bought a six-pack of beer and two hot dogs for seventy-nine cents.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The next night, James was back at about ten-thirty with a six-pack of Rolling Rock and a peace offering.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Here, have the whole six pack if you want.

  • Buy yourself a couple six packs or something.

  • Listen, run down to the store and pick me up a six-pack.

  • On the way home, I stop at Kroger on Montrose for a six-pack of beer.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Thac puts a couple of six-packs of German beer in the buggy.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Opening the refrigerator, he put a six-pack of Bud Lite and a half gallon of ice cream in it.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Quinn released the bouquet of helium balloons he was carrying and held out the six-pack of beer.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Seth enters the room carrying a six-pack of beer and two take-out bags of Big Kahuna burgers.

    Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

half dozen
vssix-pack
37 1.0

A group of six things or people

focuses on a sold carton of drinks, not just any set of six
half-dozen
vssix-pack
30 1.0

Six things or people that form a group

is used for a packaged beverage carton rather than any group of six
sixer
vssix-pack
  • Informal
3 4.6

A pack of six bottles or cans of drinks

is limited to a retail beverage carton sold as one unit
sixpack
vssix-pack
1 3.2

A pack of six bottles or cans of a drink like beer

is the same meaning but written with a hyphen

How Many

case
1.0
dozen
453 1.0
six-pack
39 2.1
pair
889 1.0
single
1.0

Surface Forms

six-pack singular
six-packs plural

Morphology

six-pack = six + pack (transparent) = six + pack

A literal compound of 'six' + 'pack' meaning a packaged unit containing six items; learners can derive the meaning easily.

Etymology

Six-pack comes from putting drinks into a pack of six bottles or cans, so it simply means 'six' together in one 'pack'. Think of a small bundle you carry, like a backpack, sold as one item, and you can see why a six-pack is six drinks sold together.