pancake

Plural: pancakes

Noun

a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular:
In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.
A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular:
In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
Anything very thin and flat.
Composite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.
A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.

Verb

Verb Forms: pancaked, pancaking, pancakes

To make a soft, flat landing, as an aircraft.
To make a pancake landing.
To collapse one floor after another.
To flatten violently.
To lie out flat, like a pancake; sploot.

Examples

His strategy to PANCAKE his remaining tiles into a low-scoring word was surprisingly effective.
pancake lens

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English pancake, panne cake, pankake, ponkake, equivalent to pan + cake.
Perhaps adapted from Middle Low German pankôke, pannekôke, from Old Saxon *pannakōko (suggested by derivatives Old Saxon pannakōkilo and pannakōkilīn), where the compound is much older; compare Old High German phankuohho (8th century), whence Middle High German phankuoche, German Pfannkuchen (“pancake”); further
Saterland Frisian Ponkouke, Ponkuuke (“pancake”), West Frisian pankoek (“pancake”), Dutch pannenkoek (“pancake”), German Low German Pannkook (“pancake”).
The juggling sense is by analogy with a pancake being tossed in a pan.

Synonyms

battercake, flannel cake, flannel-cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, crepe, crêpe, griddle cake, pikelet

Scrabble Score: 15

pancake: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pancake: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pancake: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

pancake: valid Words With Friends Word