: a flat cake made of thin batter and cooked (as on a griddle) on both sides
Examples of pancake in a Sentence
Noun
We had blueberry pancakes and sausage for breakfast.
She wore sequins, false eyelashes, and pancake onstage.
Recent Examples on the Web
Jamie Feldmar, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Visit Virginia’s on King for the best buttermilk pancakes in the city.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2025
Chad Graff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Some models suggest that a second moon, just a few hundred kilometers across, formed past the far side and then slowly approached the moon and pancaked itself.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pancake
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
And, of course, hoppers (rice flour pancakes), string hoppers (rice noodles) and rotis underpin many meals — the latter two Ghazaly cooks on the griddle, spatulas clanging in a rhythmic blur.
—Jamie Feldmar, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Visit Virginia’s on King for the best buttermilk pancakes in the city.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2025
Verb
That feeling was reaffirmed during a trip to Louisiana last week when Campbell pancaked his future coach.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Some models suggest that a second moon, just a few hundred kilometers across, formed past the far side and then slowly approached the moon and pancaked itself.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pancake
Cite this Entry
“Pancake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pancake. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share