hot cake

or hot·cake

[ haht-keyk ]

/ ˈhɑt ˌkeɪk /

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noun

a pancake or griddlecake.

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Idioms about hot cake

sell / go like hot cakes, to be disposed of very quickly and effortlessly, especially in quantity: His record sold like hot cakes on the first day after its release.

Origin of hot cake

An Americanism dating back to 1675–85

regional variations of hot cake

1. See pancake.

Words nearby hot cake

hot-blooded, hotbox, hot-bulb engine, hot buttered rum, hot-button, hot cake, hot cap, hot-cathode tube, hotch, hotcha, Hotchkiss

How to use hot cake in a sentence

The hot cake is as much savory as sweet, and I dig its subtle chew.
The terrific Uncle C’s tells a little known story about fried chicken in America|Tim Carman|September 27, 2021|Washington Post
I shall ring the bell for some more bread-and-butter; I know you dined early; and this hot cake will do you no good.'
Uncle Max|Rosa Nouchette Carey
All very fine to jeer at it now in cold print but it goes down like hot cake that stuff.
Ulysses|James Joyce
Just because he didn't come from St. Petersburg, then you drop them like a hot cake.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Joel dropped his doughnut to his plate as if it had been a hot cake, and leaned over to fasten his black eyes on her big face.
The Adventures of Joel Pepper|Margaret Sidney
We have plenty hot cake, and beans and pork, and a little how-you-are from a jar behin' the door.
The Lane That Had No Turning, Complete|Gilbert Parker