hotcake

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noun

Synonym of pancake.

“For breakfast he ordered a stack of hotcakes with butter and syrup.”

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Meanings

nounhotcake (plural hotcakes)

plural hotcakes · alternative hot cake

  1. CanadaPhilippinesUSSynonym of pancake.

    For breakfast he ordered a stack of hotcakes with butter and syrup.

    Synonyms: pancake

  2. figurativelySomething 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
  3. alternativeuncommonAlternative form of hot cake, a cake that is hot.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of pancake.

Similar
pancake

More synonyms by meaning

nouna flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle

Similar
pancakebattercakeflannel cakeflannel-cakeflapcakeflapjackgriddlecakehot cake
Broader
cake
Also see
battercakeflannel cakeflapcakeflapjackgriddlecakehot cakepancake

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From hot + cake.

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Cite this entry
APA

hotcake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotcake

MLA

“hotcake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotcake. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hotcake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotcake.

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