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hotcake

noun

ˈhät-ˌkāk

Definition of hotcake

as in pancake

a flat cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides (as on a griddle) hotcakes and maple syrup will be served at the church breakfast

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Recent Examples of hotcake Rekha coming with Umrao Jaan — that’s huge for the Indian community and selling like hotcakes. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Dec. 2025 The South Korean company's EVs may not be a hit right now, but its small SUV is selling like hotcakes. — Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025 If that’s not enough, order a single jumbo hotcake to really take you over the edge. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025 A day sometimes started with Isabelle’s sourdough hotcakes covered with wild honey Frank had scooped from a bee tree earlier in the fall. — Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hotcake

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pancake

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The public intellectual of the future won’t be wearing tweed or a button-down collar—the new uniform involves a coach’s headset, or the pancake makeup from the greenroom of some sports network.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
This contrasts with the VR Glasses' use of a micro-OLED panel and pancake lenses directly in front of your eyes, effectively replacing your view with the panel.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026

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