pancake
IPA: pˈænkeɪk
noun
- 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.
- In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
- (theater) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
- (juggling) 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.
- (film, slang) A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
- (volleyball) A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To make a pancake landing.
- (construction, demolition) To collapse one floor after another.
- (transitive) To flatten violently.
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