hotcake noun2 •(figurative) Something that sells quickly in large volumes, in the manner of proverbial hotcakes.Monsieur Kopay's account of coming-out in the locker room has returned to the printers for a third run. That little hotcake is coming out of Arbor house at a selling rate of 650 copies per day. — 1977 •(US, Canada) Synonym of pancake.For breakfast he ordered a stack of hotcakes with butter and syrup. formshotcakes
