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(pan′kāk′)

noun

a thin, flat cake of batter fried on a griddle or in a pan; griddlecake; flapjack
a landing in which the airplane levels off higher than for a normal landing, stalls, then drops almost vertically
in full pancake landing
☆ pancake makeup

intransitive verb, transitive verb pancaked, pancaking

to make, or cause (an airplane) to make, a pancake landing

See pancake in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A thin cake made of batter that is poured onto a hot greased surface and cooked on both sides until brown. Also called flannel cake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake; also called regionally battercake.

verb pan·caked, pan·cak·ing, pan·cakes

verb, transitive

To cause (an aircraft) to make a pancake landing.

verb, intransitive

To make a pancake landing.

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