as in pancake
a flat cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides (as on a griddle)
for breakfast, there's bacon and flapjacks with syrup
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Recent Examples of flapjack
Karen added that Helly, an indispensable, all-around helping hand at the yard, had made flapjacks for them that morning.
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Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
That year, Dine Brands’ IHOP, for example, introduced pancakes with 18 grams of protein per flapjack.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2025
The flapjacks surely wouldn’t hold up to my memory.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2025
Of course, the pancakes are the big draw, including buttermilk and buckwheat flapjacks stuffed with fruit.
—Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2025
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Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
That year, Dine Brands’ IHOP, for example, introduced pancakes with 18 grams of protein per flapjack.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2025
The flapjacks surely wouldn’t hold up to my memory.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2025
Of course, the pancakes are the big draw, including buttermilk and buckwheat flapjacks stuffed with fruit.
—Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flapjack
pancake
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Naturally sweetened with dates and filled with chia seeds, this gourmet raspberry jam is great on toast, swirled into oats and yogurt, dolloped onto pancakes, served on charcuterie boards, or mixed into smoothies.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
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Usually, Quinn Meinerz is the one making the pancakes.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Flapjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flapjack. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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