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flapjack

flapjack

1 2.9
A sweet chewy bar you make from oats, butter, and syrup
  • noun
  • /ˈflæp.dʒæk/
  • UK
translation icon : barrita de avena
  • She packed some delicious flapjacks for the school trip to keep everyone energized.

Actually, I've got a little protein, flapjack, banana flavour.

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Examples

  • At a little shop, I bought detergent and a packet of flapjacks, just to find out what they were.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I'll link it down below, but I think I still prefer just straight up flapjacks personally.

  • Actually, I've got a little protein, flapjack, banana flavour.

  • I waited in the laundrette, eating the flapjacks.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Verdict: Outstanding flapjacks.

    Blog text (14)
  • These are whole grain rustic rolled oat flapjack with zesty lemon and yogurt drizzle.

  • Adding butter and syrup to oats to make flapjacks again changes quite a healthy oat or ingredient to a really energy dense and sugar fueled snack.

  • The children loved the homemade flapjacks with oats and syrup for their snack.

  • After lunch, we enjoyed warm flapjacks drizzled with honey.

Synonyms

granola bar
vsflapjack
9 1.5

A small baked snack made from oats, nuts, and honey, often with dried fruit

is chewy and made with butter and syrup rather than baked firmness

How Chewy

toffee
15 1.9
flapjack
  • UK
1 2.9
granola bar
9 1.5
biscuit
  • UK
74 1.0

Surface Forms

flapjack singular
flapjacks plural
flapjacks plural
flapjack singular

Morphology

flapjack = flap + jack (opaque) = flap + jack

The UK sense 'oat-based chewy bar' is a later, specialized extension and cannot be derived from the literal meanings of 'flap' + 'jack' by an average learner.

Etymology

Flapjack in Britain later became the name for a flat, chewy bar made from oats, butter and syrup. A helpful way to remember this is to imagine a flat 'jack' of oats you can pick up and eat, which is why the word now names that sweet snack.