English
Etymology
From cup + cake.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�k�pkeɪk/
Noun
en-noun
- A small cake baked in a paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
- slang An attractive young woman.
#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 604:
#*:Whatever else this cupcake might be up to, she was no piker.
Translations
trans-top|small cake
Finnish: vuokaleivos
trans-mid
Spanish: magdalena f italbrac|Spain, ponqué m italbrac|Venezuela, quequi m italbrac|Mexico, quequito m italbrac|Peru
trans-bottom
Category:Cakes
vi:cupcake
zh:cupcake
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