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4 6.6
To collapse suddenly into a flat shape because of heavy weight
  • verb
  • /ˈpænˌkeɪk/
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  • Those gravitational waves he's pulling in, he could pancake an entire city block.
  • building pancaked
  • floors pancaking
  • stories just pancaked

Examples

  • When the truck hit the wall, it pancaked completely flat against it.

  • The heavy snow caused the roof to pancake under the weight.

  • 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.

  • 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 squash
vsto pancake
55 2.0

To press something hard so it becomes flat and loses its shape

collapses suddenly into a very thin flat shape from pressure
to buckle
vsto pancake
46 4.1

To bend and become damaged under strong pressure or heat

collapses suddenly into a thin flat shape rather than bending
to crumple
vsto pancake
22 3.9

Suddenly fall down because something is weak or hit hard

collapses into a thin flat form specifically from pressure

Antonyms

718 1.0

To move upward into the air, like smoke or mist

44 2.9

To fill something with air so it becomes larger and round

Phrasal Verbs

Turn a pancake over in the pan to cook the other side

Compounds

A mixture of flour, eggs, and milk that you pour to make pancakes

A thin round fried food made from grated potato, egg, and a little flour

A light, fluffy pancake made with buttermilk

A very thin pancake rolled, sometimes folded with sweet or salty filling

A thin, flat cake made from buckwheat flour often eaten for breakfast

1 4.0

The day before Lent when people eat pancakes

1 3.4

Flat and round like a pancake

9.9

A low plant near the sea with round heads of dark red flowers that grow on sandy dunes

A black, cup-shaped mushroom that looks like a burnt pancake

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

Cooked flat and round on a hot surface like a pancake

A small, thick pancake cooked on a griddle and often eaten for breakfast or tea

A savory pancake that has seafood like shrimp and crab

How Flat

to pancake
4 6.6
to flatten
23 2.6
crush
27 2.8
to dent
27 2.2

Surface Forms

pancake infinitive
pancaked past
pancaked past participle
pancaking present participle
pancakes third person singular

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.