Meanings
prepositional phrase
- colloquialSynonym of quickly, especially in the context of sales or consumption.
These new toys should go like hot cakes.
Synonyms: quickly
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseSynonym of quickly, especially in the context of sales or consumption.
Similar
Origin
Used with various other verbs in the manner of the original idiom sell like hot cakes, after the proverbial popularity of pancakes in 19th-century America.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish kuin kuumille kiville
- kuin kuumille kivillequickly — see also quickly
French comme des petits pains
- comme des petits painsquickly — see also quickly
Hungarian mint a cukrot
- mint a cukrotquickly — see also quickly
Polish jak świeże bułeczki, jak ciepłe bułeczki
- jak świeże bułeczkiquickly — see also quickly
- jak ciepłe bułeczkiquickly — see also quickly
- jak wodaquickly — see also quickly
Spanish como panes calientes, como churros
- como panes calientesquickly — see also quickly
- como churrosquickly — see also quickly
- como rosquillasquickly — see also quickly
Swedish som smör i solsken
- som smör i solskenquickly — see also quickly
Vietnamese đắt như tôm tươi
- đắt như tôm tươiquickly — see also quickly
Cite this entry
APA
like hot cakes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20hot%20cakes
MLA
“like hot cakes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20hot%20cakes. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “like hot cakes,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20hot%20cakes.
Source: like hot cakes on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.