Definition of "pancake" in Anglais

noun

1. (countable and uncountable) A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular:

2. (uncountable, theater) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.

3. (countable, juggling) A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.

4. (countable) Anything very thin and flat.

   • pancake lens

5. (uncountable) Composite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.

6. (countable, film, slang) A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.

7. (countable, volleyball) A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.

8. (US, slang, dated, countable) An attractive young woman.

   • Damon Runyon, The Brakeman's Daughter 'To tell the truth,' The Humming Bird says, 'I neglect these details, because,' he says, 'I am already dated up to go out with Big False Face to-night to call on a doll who is daffy to meet me. Otherwise,' he says, 'I will undoubtedly make arrangements to see more of this pancake I just save from rack and ruin.'

verb

1. (intransitive) To make a pancake landing.

2. (construction, demolition) To collapse one floor after another.

3. (transitive) To flatten violently.

4. (intransitive) To lie out flat, like a pancake; sploot.