hotcake en · NOUN
Etymology
From hot + cake.
Meanings
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(Canada, Philippines, US) Synonym of pancake.
For breakfast he ordered a stack of hotcakes with butter and syrup.
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(figuratively) Something that sells quickly in large volumes, in the manner of proverbial hotcakes.
Monsieur Kopay's account of coming-out in the locker room has returned to the printers for a third run. That little hotcake is coming out of Arbor house at a selling rate of 650 copies per day.
1977 April 9, David Holland, “People, Places, and Flings”, in Gay Community News, page 13:
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(alt-of, alternative, uncommon) Alternative form of hot cake, a cake that is hot.
alt of hot cake
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hot cake | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hotcakes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
go like hot cakes · like hot cakes · sell like hot cakes
Descendants
ホットケーキ · hatkeyk · haatkiik · 克戟 · హాట్ కేకు · hotcake · hatkeyk · 핫케이크