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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 pancake landing.an airplane landing made by pancaking.
verb (used without object)
(of an airplane or the like) to drop flat to the ground after leveling off a few feet above it.
verb (used with object)
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
/ ˈæˌɪ /
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 called: pancake 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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The intimidating-looking punk rocker covered in tattoos is a lot more approachable when eating pancakes with his partner at the buffet.
"High-protein" versions of snacks and food staples are all over our supermarket shelves - from pancakes and pasta, to rice pudding and oven pizza.
And if I want to cheat a little bit, they have really good gluten-free pancakes there, so I’ll get that with sausage.
Neeraj Singh, who is leading the Indian disaster response team working at the Buddhist academy, said the structure had collapsed like a "pancake" - one layer on top of another.
As the "building collapsed like a pancake" – and is continuing to collapse – rescue work has been difficult, forcing officials to refrain from using heavy machinery, one official said.
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