as in pancake
a flat cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides (as on a griddle)
had a big plate of slapjacks with syrup for breakfast on his birthday
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Recent Examples of slapjack
The indictment says that Perna — armed with a club known as a slapjack — and an unidentified member of his crew followed Cantin to a strip mall in Passaic County and attacked him in the parking lot.
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NBC News, 16 Dec. 2020
NBC News, 16 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slapjack
pancake
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Guests crowd around the horseshoe-shape counter to watch short-order cooks flip pancakes, crack eggs, and work the sizzling griddle just feet away.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Midwest Living,
31 May 2026
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All around the landscape is green and pancake-flat to the horizon.—
John Otis,
NPR,
30 May 2026
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“Slapjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slapjack. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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