hotcake

noun

hot·​cake ˈhät-ˌkāk How to pronounce hotcake (audio)
Phrases
like hotcakes
: at a rapid rate
selling like hotcakes

Examples of hotcake in a Sentence

hotcakes and maple syrup will be served at the church breakfast
Recent Examples on the Web
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If that’s not enough, order a single jumbo hotcake to really take you over the edge. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025 Aubrey's East Tennessee The fact that chicken fingers with honey mustard sell like hotcakes tells you a lot about Aubrey's, the beloved 14-restaurant group in East Tennessee (mostly Knoxville). Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025 A day sometimes started with Isabelle’s sourdough hotcakes covered with wild honey Frank had scooped from a bee tree earlier in the fall. Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024 Nintendo knows that which is why the original Switch, despite its outdated hardware, sold like hotcakes. Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hotcake

Word History

First Known Use

1683, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hotcake was in 1683

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“Hotcake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotcake. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

hotcake

noun
hot·​cake -ˌkāk How to pronounce hotcake (audio)
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