sell like hot cakes Definition

cake
noun

1. A solid food made by baking a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, etc.
2. An individually baked portion of this food.
3. A portion of some other food pressed into a particular shape.

Example: fish cake
4. A solid block of a particular substance, eg soap, chocolate, etc.

verb caked, caking

intr
1. To dry as a thick hard crust.
2. To cover in a thick crust.

Example: skin caked with blood

Idiom: have one's cake and eat it

colloq
To enjoy the advantages of two alternative courses of action, usually as an unattainable ideal since it is impossible to do both at the same time.

Idiom: a piece of cake

colloq
A very easy task.

Idiom: sell like hot cakes (go like hot cakes)

Said especially of a new product: to be bought enthusiastically in large numbers.

Etymology: 13c: from Norse kaka.

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hot
adj hotter, hottest

1. Having or producing a great deal of heat; having a high temperature.

Thesaurus: heated, torrid, burning, fiery, blazing, feverish, scorching, blistering, searing, tropical, scalding; Antonym: cold, chilly, frigid.
2. Having a higher temperature than is normal or desirable.
3. Said of food: spicy or fiery.
4. Easily made angry; excitable or passionate.

Example: a hot temper
Thesaurus: eager, ardent, distracted, passionate; aroused, furious, indignant, irascible; Antonym: calm.
5. slang
Sexually excited or lustful.
Thesaurus: erotic, sexy, carnal, salacious, sensual, spicy, voluptuous.
6. Said of a contest or fight: intense and animated.
7. Said of news: recent, fresh and of particular interest.
8. Strongly favoured.

Example: a hot favourite
9. Said of jazz music: having strong and exciting rhythms, with complex improvisations.
10. Said of a colour: bright and fiery.
11. slang
Said of goods: recently stolen or illegally acquired.
12. Said of a scent in hunting: fresh and strong, suggesting the quarry is not far ahead.
13. slang
Said of information: up-to-date and reliable.
Example: a hot tip
14. colloq
Said of a situation: difficult, unpleasant, or dangerous.
Example: make life hot for him
15. slang
Highly radioactive.
16. In certain games, etc: very close to guessing the answer or finding the person or thing sought.

adverb

1. In a hot way; hotly.

Example: a dish served hot

Derivative: hotly

With great heat.

Excitedly or passionately.

Idiom: go like hot cakes (sell like hot cakes)

To sell or disappear rapidly; to be extremely popular.

Idiom: have the hots for someone (get the hots for someone)

slang
To have a strong sexual desire or attraction for them.

Idiom: hot and bothered

colloq
Anxious and confused; agitated.

Idiom: hot on something

Interested in, skilled at or well-informed about it.

Idiom: hot on the heels of someone

colloq
Following or pursuing them closely.

Idiom: hot under the collar

colloq
Indignant or annoyed; uncomfortable.

Idiom: in hot pursuit

Chasing as fast or as closely as one can.

Derivative: hotness
noun

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hat.

Phrasal Verb: hot up or hot something up

To increase in excitement, energy, danger, etc.