Pancake
noun
A thin, flat, round cake made from a batter, usually cooked on a griddle or skillet.
She made pancakes for breakfast.
Often appears as...
- make pancakes
- pancake batter
noun
A type of cosmetic powder used to make the face look smooth and uniform in color.
She applied some pancake to even out her skin tone.
Often appears as...
- apply pancake
- pancake makeup
verb
To crash or land in a flat, horizontal orientation.
The pilot was able to pancake the plane, avoiding a catastrophic crash.
Often appears as...
- pancake landing
- pancake the plane
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To flatten or squish something like a pancake.
He pancaked the can with his foot.
Often appears as...
- pancake a can
- pancake someone
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A thin, flat, round cake made from a batter, usually cooked on a griddle or skillet.
She made pancakes for breakfast.
Often appears as...
- make pancakes
- pancake batter
noun
A type of cosmetic powder used to make the face look smooth and uniform in color.
She applied some pancake to even out her skin tone.
Often appears as...
- apply pancake
- pancake makeup
verb
To crash or land in a flat, horizontal orientation.
The pilot was able to pancake the plane, avoiding a catastrophic crash.
Often appears as...
- pancake landing
- pancake the plane
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To flatten or squish something like a pancake.
He pancaked the can with his foot.
Often appears as...
- pancake a can
- pancake someone
Usage tips
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Staple
Pancakes are a popular breakfast food across different cultures and often have regional variations.
In France, they love to eat thin pancakes called crêpes.
Pro Tip 2/3Served with Toppings
Pancakes are commonly served with various toppings like syrup, fruits, or whipped cream.
He topped his pancakes with maple syrup and fresh blueberries.
Pro Tip 3/3Breakfast Context
Use the word 'pancake' in contexts related to breakfast or brunch menus and cooking.
Could you please pass the pancake mix? I want to cook some for the kids.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Staple
Pancakes are a popular breakfast food across different cultures and often have regional variations.
In France, they love to eat thin pancakes called crêpes.
Pro Tip 2/3Served with Toppings
Pancakes are commonly served with various toppings like syrup, fruits, or whipped cream.
He topped his pancakes with maple syrup and fresh blueberries.
Pro Tip 3/3Breakfast Context
Use the word 'pancake' in contexts related to breakfast or brunch menus and cooking.
Could you please pass the pancake mix? I want to cook some for the kids.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Staple
Pancakes are a popular breakfast food across different cultures and often have regional variations.
In France, they love to eat thin pancakes called crêpes.
Pro Tip 2/3Served with Toppings
Pancakes are commonly served with various toppings like syrup, fruits, or whipped cream.
He topped his pancakes with maple syrup and fresh blueberries.
Pro Tip 3/3Breakfast Context
Use the word 'pancake' in contexts related to breakfast or brunch menus and cooking.
Could you please pass the pancake mix? I want to cook some for the kids.
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Video examples
Erika Larsen: The...
And I asked her what they were doing. She said, 'We collect the blood. We can either dry it or we will freeze it and this will be later used in cooking.' And, when I began to work as a beaga this is one of the first things I did was learn how to cook. I cooked many dishes with blood but my favorite was blood pancakes.
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Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
because it depends on it depends on what you're observing and it depends upon the the situation that you're in so five the pancakes question is about how much time we actually spend driving around versus she seen something I'm just rying to see exactly what it is first is actually spending time observing the wildlife
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Seven Superpowered...
actually a ray a mobile ray to be specific isn't that cheating you might ask kind of but not entirely while sharks and rays are indeed different animals they're very closely related so to put it simply the main difference is that sharks have a long thin body like a sausage and rays are flattened like a pancake
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TV Presenter Eats...
reindeer walking about outside as I'm eating a reindeer blood pancake remember reindeer they are not like a Bates they are here in the nature where they belongs they are free and happy what about the pigs and cows they stay inside all day life there is no room to her
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We Are What We Eat:...
it's a bit like a pancake with diluted milk and apricot oil. There's buckwheat on the upper right with mulberry syrup. And then apricot down there. There's places where I went where there was no real dinner. The act of eating wasn't a ritualistic kind of experience.
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Ash Beckham: We're all...
How about that pancake?" It was the easiest hard conversation I have ever had. And why? Because Pancake Girl and I, we were both real with each other. So like many of us, I've lived in a few closets in my life, and yeah, most often, my walls happened to be rainbow.
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
flatter than the proverbial pancake in other words they are very enthusiastically performing the way that Lions do best but nevertheless we shall assist them and perhaps we shall even be able to give them some kind of characterization
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Great White Amy PIPE...
listo there'll be no pancakes today as Todd checks his special concoction still flowing below so far no sharks or any sea life seem interested while they've yet to find live great whites on the journey they discovered a microcosm that
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What is fat? - George...
And, yet, olive oil is good for you, and pancake mix is not. Why is that? As it turns out, the amount of fat we eat doesn't impact our weight or our cholesterol or our risk of heart disease nearly as much as what kind of fat we eat.
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The beauty of human skin...
One in a toasted-peanut skin and the other, also adopted, more on the beige side, like a pancake. Growing up in this family, color was never important for me.
Video examples
Erika Larsen: The...
And I asked her what they were doing. She said, 'We collect the blood. We can either dry it or we will freeze it and this will be later used in cooking.' And, when I began to work as a beaga this is one of the first things I did was learn how to cook. I cooked many dishes with blood but my favorite was blood pancakes.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
because it depends on it depends on what you're observing and it depends upon the the situation that you're in so five the pancakes question is about how much time we actually spend driving around versus she seen something I'm just rying to see exactly what it is first is actually spending time observing the wildlife
Video examples
Seven Superpowered...
actually a ray a mobile ray to be specific isn't that cheating you might ask kind of but not entirely while sharks and rays are indeed different animals they're very closely related so to put it simply the main difference is that sharks have a long thin body like a sausage and rays are flattened like a pancake
Video examples
TV Presenter Eats...
reindeer walking about outside as I'm eating a reindeer blood pancake remember reindeer they are not like a Bates they are here in the nature where they belongs they are free and happy what about the pigs and cows they stay inside all day life there is no room to her
Video examples
We Are What We Eat:...
it's a bit like a pancake with diluted milk and apricot oil. There's buckwheat on the upper right with mulberry syrup. And then apricot down there. There's places where I went where there was no real dinner. The act of eating wasn't a ritualistic kind of experience.
Video examples
Ash Beckham: We're all...
How about that pancake?" It was the easiest hard conversation I have ever had. And why? Because Pancake Girl and I, we were both real with each other. So like many of us, I've lived in a few closets in my life, and yeah, most often, my walls happened to be rainbow.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
flatter than the proverbial pancake in other words they are very enthusiastically performing the way that Lions do best but nevertheless we shall assist them and perhaps we shall even be able to give them some kind of characterization
Video examples
Great White Amy PIPE...
listo there'll be no pancakes today as Todd checks his special concoction still flowing below so far no sharks or any sea life seem interested while they've yet to find live great whites on the journey they discovered a microcosm that
Video examples
What is fat? - George...
And, yet, olive oil is good for you, and pancake mix is not. Why is that? As it turns out, the amount of fat we eat doesn't impact our weight or our cholesterol or our risk of heart disease nearly as much as what kind of fat we eat.
Video examples
The beauty of human skin...
One in a toasted-peanut skin and the other, also adopted, more on the beige side, like a pancake. Growing up in this family, color was never important for me.
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Quote examples
Patti Smith
American Musician
I was in musical comedy. And I did very well, but the memorization killed me. I'm not good at memorizing, and it gave me a lot of anxiety. I hated the makeup. I hated all that pancake makeup. I didn't really like dressing for parts.
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Justin Cronin
American Author
And indeed, I am a warmhearted and thoroughly domestic man who gets up and makes pancakes for his children and kisses them on the head when he sends them off to their day.
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John Torode
Australian Chef
Start with the basics: make pancakes, boil an egg, make toast. Get the kids used to getting a bit of toast and understanding it's hot.
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Kelly Ripa
American Entertainer
I think children are like pancakes. You sort of ruin the first one, and you get better at it the second time around.
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Jason O'Mara
Irish Actor
My wife makes the best chocolate chip pancakes, and my son and I are only too happy to stay home and eat them.
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W. C. Fields
American Comedian
The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
My absolute favorite meal in Nashville is sweet-potato pancakes at Pancake Pantry.
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Steven Cojocaru
Canadian Critic
I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist chant.
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Sam Heughan
Scottish Actor
I'm not into pancake things. I'm into eggs. Lots of eggs.
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P. J. Tucker
American Basketball Player
Pancakes are always good.
Quote examples
Patti Smith
American Musician
I was in musical comedy. And I did very well, but the memorization killed me. I'm not good at memorizing, and it gave me a lot of anxiety. I hated the makeup. I hated all that pancake makeup. I didn't really like dressing for parts.
Quote examples
Justin Cronin
American Author
And indeed, I am a warmhearted and thoroughly domestic man who gets up and makes pancakes for his children and kisses them on the head when he sends them off to their day.
Quote examples
John Torode
Australian Chef
Start with the basics: make pancakes, boil an egg, make toast. Get the kids used to getting a bit of toast and understanding it's hot.
Quote examples
Kelly Ripa
American Entertainer
I think children are like pancakes. You sort of ruin the first one, and you get better at it the second time around.
Quote examples
Jason O'Mara
Irish Actor
My wife makes the best chocolate chip pancakes, and my son and I are only too happy to stay home and eat them.
Quote examples
W. C. Fields
American Comedian
The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.
Quote examples
Taylor Swift
American Singer
My absolute favorite meal in Nashville is sweet-potato pancakes at Pancake Pantry.
Quote examples
Steven Cojocaru
Canadian Critic
I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist chant.
Quote examples
Sam Heughan
Scottish Actor
I'm not into pancake things. I'm into eggs. Lots of eggs.
Quote examples
P. J. Tucker
American Basketball Player
Pancakes are always good.
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