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sixpack

sixpack

1 3.2
A pack of six bottles or cans of a drink like beer
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪkspæk/
translation icon : paquete de seis
  • Just, give her two Sixpacks..

Examples

  • We opened a cold sixpack of beer to enjoy while watching the game.

  • I bought a sixpack of soda for the picnic this weekend.

  • I smile, I show my sixpack, people take pictures of me.

    Iron Sky (2012)

  • For myself and Joe Sixpack out there, are you saying that Zeus...

    Real Steel (2011)

  • What do you owe Joey Sixpack?" Jimmy said, "I'm coming to that part.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • All I need is a Sixpack of alcohol an a vibrator.

    Repli-Kate (2002)

  • I know he was aware of that danger, but like me, I don't think he realized just how low he needed to stoop to get resonance even with the pundit class, not to mention Joe Sixpack.

    Blog text (14)

  • The store had a sale on sixpacks, so I stocked up for the party.

Synonyms

six-pack
vssixpack
39 2.1

A pack of six bottles or cans of drinks sold together

is the general term for a carton holding six beverage bottles or cans
half-dozen
vssixpack
30 1.0

Six things or people that form a group

focuses on the packaged product sold as a unit rather than just a group
sixer
vssixpack
  • Informal
3 4.6

A pack of six bottles or cans of drinks

refers to the packaged retail carton sold as a single product rather than any container

How Many

sixpack
1 3.2
two for two
1 2.8
single
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

sixpack singular
sixpacks plural

Morphology

sixpack = six + pack (transparent) = six + pack

The meaning 'a package of six items' directly follows from the clear combination of 'six' + 'pack'.

Etymology

Sixpack comes from putting together six and pack, where pack means 'bundle' or 'box'. So a sixpack is simply a small package that holds six bottles or cans of a drink.