hot cake


noun

a pancake or griddlecake.

Idioms for 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 variation note for hot cake

1. See pancake.

Example sentences from the Web for hot cake

  • He could imagine the number of daring devils from whose amorous advances even a hot-cake queen was not immune.

    The Pride of Palomar |Peter B. Kyne
  • The shallow pan also serves as a cover for either of the deeper dishes or for a hot-cake griddle.