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View synonyms for pancake
pancake
[ pan-keyk ]
noun
- a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
- Also called pan·cake land·ing. an airplane landing made by pancaking.
verb (used without object)
pancaked, pancaking.
- (of an airplane or the like) to drop flat to the ground after leveling off a few feet above it.
verb (used with object)
pancaked, pancaking.
- Informal. to flatten, especially as the result of a collision or other mishap:
The car had been pancaked by the bus.
- to cause (an airplane) to pancake.
pancake
/ ˈpænˌkeɪk /
noun
- a thin flat cake made from batter and fried on both sides, often served rolled and filled with a sweet or savoury mixture
- ( as modifier )
pancake mix
- a Scot name for drop scone
- a stick or flat cake of compressed make-up
- Also calledpancake landing an aircraft landing made by levelling out a few feet from the ground and then dropping onto it
verb
- to cause (an aircraft) to make a pancake landing or (of an aircraft) to make a pancake landing
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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