cupcake /ˈkʌpkeɪk/verb 8noun 5forms 3 verb8 •(slang) 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 •(slang, rare) 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 •(informal) 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 •(slang) To handle easily and successfully.“Being an independent coach sure, I cupcaked my schedule,” said McGuire. — 1981 •To mash a cupcake at; to cover with cupcake.Got any diabetes jokes you can share with readers? “I never got bullied the same as other kids—my house never got egged. It got cupcaked.” —Geoff Grant (Las Vegas, Nevada) — 2016 •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 •(informal) With out: to saturate by cupcakes.I love baking cupcakes, but I was starting to feel cupcaked-out. — 2013 •(informal, rare) To feed cupcakes.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 noun5 •A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top. •(informal) 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 •(slang) A weak or effeminate man. •(slang) 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. •(slang) An attractive young woman.Whatever else this cupcake might be up to, she was no piker. — 2006 formscupcaked · cupcaking · cupcakes
