ALL meanings of take the cake
take the cake
T t - noun take the cake a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring. 1
- noun take the cake a flat, thin mass of bread, especially unleavened bread. 1
- noun take the cake pancake; griddlecake. 1
- noun take the cake a shaped or molded mass of other food: a fish cake. 1
- noun take the cake a shaped or compressed mass: a cake of soap; a cake of ice. 1
- noun take the cake Animal Husbandry. a compacted block of soybeans, cottonseeds, or linseeds from which the oil has been pressed, usually used as a feed or feed supplement for cattle. 1
- verb with object take the cake to form into a crust or compact mass. 1
- verb without object take the cake to become formed into a crust or compact mass. 1
- idioms take the cake a piece of cake, Informal. something easily done: She thought her first solo flight was a piece of cake. 1
- idioms take the cake take the cake, Informal. to surpass all others, especially in some undesirable quality; be extraordinary or unusual: His arrogance takes the cake. to win first prize. 1
- phrase take the cake If someone has done something very stupid, rude, or selfish, you can say that they take the cake or that what they have done takes the cake, to emphasize your surprise at their behaviour. 0
- noun take the cake to surpass all others, esp in stupidity, folly, etc 0
- noun take the cake to be the prime example of a type, quality, etc. 0