hotcake
Syrup-soaked morning disc
A hotcake is a pancake—a flat cake of batter cooked on a griddle.
The word appears most often in the phrase selling like hotcakes, meaning selling quickly and in large quantities, from the image of freshly made pancakes disappearing as fast as they're produced.
Flat batter cake
- griddleFlat metal cooking surface
- batterUncooked cake mixture
- syrupThick sugar liquid
- mapleSap-yielding hardwood tree
butter · stack · flip · spatula · skillet · fry · sizzle · blini
Morning-afternoon meal hybrid
- dinerCasual American eatery
- waffleGridded breakfast cake
- baconCured smoked pork
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
toast · hashbrowns · omelette · jam · sausage · coffee · morning · platter
Trading for payment
- popularWidely admired by many
- demandForceful request or requirement
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
craze · phenomenon · sensation · sought-after · must-have · success
flapjack
Flat batter cake
maple · butter · stack · flip · spatula · skillet · fry · sizzle · blini · crepe
brunch
Morning-afternoon meal hybrid
eggs · toast · hashbrowns · omelette · jam · sausage · coffee · morning · platter · breakfast
selling
Trading for payment
- popularWidely admired by many
- demandForceful request or requirement
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
hit · craze · phenomenon · sensation · sought-after · must-have · success
- griddle foodsflapjack, flapjacks, griddlecakes, silver dollar pancakes, buttermilk pancakes
hotcakedead stock
Merchandise that cannot sell
dud · flop · white elephant · dust collector · lemon
hotcakereject
Dismiss as unsuitable
hard sell · wallflower · pariah · untouchable