hotcake meaning

Definition of hotcake

1. a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle

   Synonyms: pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel-cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake

   Type of: cake

   Kinds: buckwheat cake, buttermilk pancake, blini, blintz, crape, pfannkuchen, potato pancake, tortilla

hotcake in a sentence

• These shirts are selling like hotcakes.
• This book is selling like hotcakes.
• The new and improved model has been selling like hotcakes.
• The products sold like hotcakes.
• These ones sell like hotcakes.

How to pronounce hotcake

hotcake is pronounced /ˈhɑtkeɪk/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.