as in pancakes
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 flapjacks
Then there’s Paul Bunyan Sugar Cookies, which, fear not, are nowhere near as big as his mythical flapjacks, and Bright-Eyed Susans, a version of a thumbprint cookie, here, flattened in the center with a chocolate-mint candy wafer.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
The flapjacks surely wouldn’t hold up to my memory.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2025
Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
The flapjacks surely wouldn’t hold up to my memory.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flapjacks
pancakes
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Other common Mardi Gras foods include jambalaya, paczki and pancakes.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Jan. 2026
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Wake up for a late breakfast of fluffy pancakes at the on-property Apple Valley Café.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Flapjacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flapjacks. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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