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
If that’s not enough, order a single jumbo hotcake to really take you over the edge.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 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
Nintendo knows that which is why the original Switch, despite its outdated hardware, sold like hotcakes.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
The restaurant is also welcoming to families, with kid-friendly options like a mini stack of hotcakes.
—AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 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
Nintendo knows that which is why the original Switch, despite its outdated hardware, sold like hotcakes.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
The restaurant is also welcoming to families, with kid-friendly options like a mini stack of hotcakes.
—AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotcake
pancake
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Naturally sweetened with dates and filled with chia seeds, this gourmet raspberry jam is great on toast, swirled into oats and yogurt, dolloped onto pancakes, served on charcuterie boards, or mixed into smoothies.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
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Usually, Quinn Meinerz is the one making the pancakes.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Hotcake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotcake. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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