Six pack

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Six-pack has more than one meaning; the term may refer to any of the following uses:

• "Six-pack" in volleyball is an excessively forceful blow to the face.
• A "Six-pack" is a set of six canned or bottled drinks sold together: aluminum cans are held together by a yoke, and bottles are stored in cardboard carriers with three on either side of a handle in the middle.
• "Six-pack" is a colloquial term for a well-defined set of abdominal muscles, so named because of the particular prominence of 3 pairs of the muscles and alluding to the above definition of a common grouping of drinks.
• "Six-pack" is the name for a certain style of building common in parts of New England which contains six apartments. This type of building is stick-built, and three stories tall with a flat roof. A six-pack has two sides (a side-by-side duplex), with each side normally having its own front door and stairwell, and one apartment on each floor.
• The six basic flight instruments in an aircraft are known informally as a "six-pack" when arranged in the standard T with turn coordinator below airspeed and vertical speed below altimeter.
• Six Pack also refers to the triple two-barrel carburetors found on some Chrysler high-performance V8 automobile engines in the 1960s and 1970s, i.e. the 440 cubic inch Six Pack.
• Six Pack (EP), an Extended Play Record by Black Flag.
• Six Pack (comics), a group of Marvel Comics fictional characters.
• Six Pack (film), the title of the 1982 movie, starring Kenny Rogers and Diane Lane.