to pancake
- verb
- /ˈpænˌkeɪk/
- Those gravitational waves he's pulling in, he could pancake an entire city block.
- building pancaked
- floors pancaking
- stories just pancaked
Examples
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When the truck hit the wall, it pancaked completely flat against it.
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The heavy snow caused the roof to pancake under the weight.
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The towers really did have their floors pancake down on each other.
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As someone else mentioned yesterday, it looks like the roof pancaked on top of the spent fuel pool there.
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The bullet's no use, pancaked on the bed frame.
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The fight that Colon started when he pancaked Lawrence Timmons speaks to both ability and attitude.
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During the storm, several trees pancaked after losing their branches.
Synonyms
To press something hard so it becomes flat and loses its shape
To bend and become damaged under strong pressure or heat
Suddenly fall down because something is weak or hit hard
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A low plant near the sea with round heads of dark red flowers that grow on sandy dunes
A thick, puffy pancake baked in the oven and often served with lemon, sugar, or fruit
A flat tool with a wide blade for flipping pancakes and lifting other food while cooking
A turtle that lives in water with a flat flexible shell, thick skin, and a strong bite
A small, thick pancake cooked on a griddle and often eaten for breakfast or tea
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Etymology
As a verb, pancake comes from the food pancake. It means to collapse or flatten into a very thin, flat shape like a cooked pancake, so when something 'pancakes' it falls down and becomes very flat.