pancake

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see also: Pancake

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpæn.keɪk/, /ˈpæŋ.keɪk/

Noun

pancake (plural pancakes)

1. A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter.
2. (theater) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
3. (juggling) A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
4. Anything very thin and flat.
   • 2004, William H. Cropper, Great Physicists

     Most of the electrons would pass through the hadron pancake with no interaction, but a few would collide […]

5. (film, slang) A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.

Synonyms

• (thin fried batter cake) crêpe/crepe, flapjack, griddle cake, hotcake, pikelet

Translations

• French: crêpe, pancake
• German: Pfannkuchen, Eierkuchen, Palatschinken, Plinse, Blinse, Plins, Flins
• Italian: frittella, crespolino, crespella
• Portuguese: panqueca
• Russian: блин
• Spanish: hot cake (Mexico), pancake (Costa Rica), panqueca (Venezuela), panqueque (Argentina), tortita (Spain), crep, crepe, filoa, hojuela

Verb

pancake (pancakes, present participle pancaking; past and past participle pancaked)

1. (intransitive) To make a pancake landing.
2. (construction, demolition) To collapse one floor after another.
3. (transitive) To flatten violently.

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Pancake

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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