Definition of "pancake"

A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular:

1. In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.  examples

2. In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • Mrs. America is holding a plate of pancakes in one hand and a fork with a slice of pancake in the other.

     2001, Alice A. Deck, ““Now Then—Who Said Biscuits?” The Black Woman Cook as Fetish in American Advertising, 1905–1953”, in Sherrie A. Inness, editor, Kitchen Culture in America: Popular Representations of Food, Gender, and Race, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, page 88

(theater) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.  quotations  examples

(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.  quotations  examples

Anything very thin and flat.  quotations  examples

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.  quotations  examples

(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.  examples

(intransitive) To make a pancake landing.  examples

(construction, demolition) To collapse one floor after another.  examples

(transitive) To flatten violently.  quotations  examples