a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.

Also called pancake landing. an airplane landing made by pancaking.

(of an airplane or the like) to drop flat to the ground after leveling off a few feet above it.

Informal . to flatten, esp. as the result of a collision or other mishap

The car had been pancaked by the bus.

to cause (an airplane) to pancake.

noun

batter cake , blanket * , cake , crepe , flapjack , griddle cake , hotcake , johnnycake , jonnycake , sourdough , waffle , wheat * , wheat cake , bannock , blin , blini , blintz , blintze , fritter , griddlecake , slapjack