flapjack
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈflæpˌdʒæk/
- UK
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crepe
- I enjoyed a delicious flapjack with syrup for breakfast.
- griddle for flapjacks
- stack of flapjacks
- flapjacks and eggs
We are about to flip for flapjacks and I'm excited about that because when they say the first one doesn't come out great, boy is that true for me.
- We are about to flip for flapjacks and I'm excited about that because when they say the first one doesn't come out great, boy is that true for me.
- I feel like a stack of flapjacks, Sir, being poured all over me.
Examples
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And they had flapjacks and toast and eggs over easy.
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You should take these flapjacks with you, if you want.
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But I admit, you make a great flapjack.
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Five orders of flapjacks and a black coffee.
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Gee, those flapjacks look good.
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I'll be right back with the flapjacks.
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How about me making us a big stack of flapjacks?
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Thanks for the flapjacks, Delaware.
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For dinner, Mrs. Suzanne would put out plates of molasses and flapjacks.
Fiction book (1993) -
Can I give you a hand? Before two minutes had passed, Ginny had filled the frying pans and the griddle with flapjacks, and Pandora, Mel, and Jay were sitting down with heaping plates.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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1.0
A thin, flat fried cake made from batter often eaten for breakfast
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A thin round cake made from batter and cooked on a pan, often served for breakfast
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3.9
A flat round cake like a pancake cooked on a hot griddle
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A thin, flat cake made from buckwheat flour often eaten for breakfast
A flat round cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides on a hot pan
A thin flat cake you make from batter and fry on both sides in a pan
A thin flat cake you make from batter and fry on both sides like a pancake
A thin pancake fried on both sides and often served for breakfast
A thin flat cake cooked on a hot pan like a pancake
A small round pancake often eaten for breakfast
A small, thick pancake cooked on a griddle and often eaten for breakfast or tea
How Thick
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22
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flapjack probably comes from the parts flap (suggesting 'to flip' or 'turn over') and jack (an old word for a small thing). Think of a flat cake you flip on the griddle — that's why flapjack can mean a pancake.