Usually means: Extra enhancement to something good.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word icing on the cake:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. icing on the cake: Merriam-Webster
  2. the icing on the cake: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. the icing on the cake: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. the icing on the cake: Wiktionary
  5. icing on the cake: Dictionary.com
  6. Icing On The Cake: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  7. icing on the cake, the icing on the cake: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. the icing on the cake: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. icing on the cake, the icing on the cake: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Icing on the Cake: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (icing on the cake)

noun:  (idiomatic) Something that intensifies the appreciation of something already good (or bad in an ironic sense depending on the context).

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