pancake

1 of 3

noun

pan·​cake ˈpan-ˌkāk 

: a flat cake made of thin batter and cooked (as on a griddle) on both sides

pancake

2 of 3

verb

pancaked; pancaking

intransitive verb

: to make a pancake landing

transitive verb

1

: to cause to pancake

2

: to knock flat

Pan-Cake

3 of 3

trademark

ˈpan-ˌkāk 

—used for a cosmetic in semimoist cake form

Synonyms

Noun

• crêpe
• flapjack
• hotcake
• blin
• blintz
• griddle cake

Examples of pancake in a Sentence

Noun

We had blueberry pancakes and sausage for breakfast.

She wore sequins, false eyelashes, and pancake onstage.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Using generative AI to guide them, servers can then suggest the perfect side dishes to complement that order of pancakes and sausage. —John Kell, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025

An outstanding version of those pancakes appears on the dinner menu as well, topped with local mushrooms and truffles and eaten like tacos. —Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025

Verb

There was, however, a rather large asterisk to Colby’s outing: He was blown off his feet and pancaked by an Evan Anderson bull rush on one of his reps. —Matt Barrows, New York Times, 29 July 2025

Much of the state, thanks to retreating glaciers filling in our valleys and pancaking the landscape, is relatively flat, but the gently rolling Hoosier Hill stands one-and-a-half times as high as the Salesforce Tower in downtown Indy. —Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 15 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1911, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Phrases Containing pancake

• Dutch baby pancake
• flat as a pancake
• pancake landing
• pancake plant
• potato pancake

Rhymes for pancake

• awake
• backache
• beefsteak
• betake
• cheesecake
• cupcake
• daybreak
• earthquake
• eastlake
• forsake
• handshake
• headache

Kids Definition

pancake

noun

pan·​cake

ˈpan-ˌkāk

: a flat cake usually made of thin batter and cooked on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan