hotcakes

plural of hotcake
as in pancakes
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 hotcakes Austinites snapped up these covers like hotcakes. Steve Sewall, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
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pancakes
Noun
  • There were free pouches of pocket pancakes; Brewers manager Pat Murphy showing off his pancake-flipping skills; special guests, including Donald Driver; polka music; pancake artists; a T-shirt giveaway for the first 3,000 fans; and the debut of Murph's Maple Syrup.
    Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • His college tape showed a blocker with tremendous balance and the finishing strength to consistently counter what defenses threw at him, and his NFL tape has been more of the same (with even more pancakes).
    Dane Brugler, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Hotcakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotcakes. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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