pancake
noun
a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
pancaking
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present participleof pancake.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It can flatten from the savage forces it experiences as it decelerates in a process called, and I love this, pancaking.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2023
They hit again, pushing, pummeling, pancaking, claiming dominance of a field they once ruled, a moment they once owned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2022
How, eleven years after entire cities fell down, are we being treated to scenes of more Haitian church roofs collapsing, more Haitian hotels pancaking, and more voices screaming from inside the rubble?
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2021
Without air, we’d continue accelerating at 22 mph every second until pancaking into the ground.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2021
And just then a paper bag sailed from a window to my left and burst like a silent grenade, scattering garbage into the trees and pancaking to earth with a soggy, exhausted plop!
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
