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pancake
English
Etymology
From Middle English pancake, equivalent to pan +? cake. The juggling sense is by analogy with a pancake being tossed in a pan.
Compare Saterland Frisian Ponkouke, Ponkuuke (“pancake”), West Frisian pankoek (“pancake”), Dutch pannenkoek (“pancake”), German Low German Pannkook (“pancake”), German Pfannkuchen (“pancake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pæn.ke?k/, /?pæ?.ke?k/
Noun
pancake (plural pancakes)
- A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter.
- A U.S. style thicker batter cake fried in a pan.
- (theater) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
- (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.
- Anything very thin and flat.
- 2004, William H. Cropper, Great Physicists
- Most of the electrons would pass through the hadron pancake with no interaction, but a few would collide […]
- 2004, William H. Cropper, Great Physicists
- 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.
- 1903, Davis Rich Dewey, Twelfth Census of the United States: Special report: Employees and Wages p. 1200
- &hellip in the poorer grades the heel is made of scrap leather and leather board or pulp, finished with a solid leather top lift. The composite material, called pancake, is made by an operative, usually a girl, called a pancake-maker; it is used sometimes for soles as well as heels.
- 1903, Davis Rich Dewey, Twelfth Census of the United States: Special report: Employees and Wages p. 1200
- (film, slang) A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
Synonyms
- (thin fried batter cake): crêpe/crepe, flapjack, griddle cake, hotcake, pikelet
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pancake (third-person singular simple present pancakes, present participle pancaking, simple past and past participle pancaked)
- (intransitive) To make a pancake landing.
- (construction, demolition) To collapse one floor after another.
- (transitive) To flatten violently.
See also
- blintz
- okonomiyaki
- Pan-Cake
- waffle
Anagrams
- cakepan
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pan.k?k/
Noun
pancake m (plural pancakes)
- pancake
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ponkake, pankake, panne cake
Etymology
From panne (“pan”) +? cake.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?panka?k(?)/
Noun
pancake
- pancake (kind of fried cake)
Descendants
- English: pancake
- Scots: pancake
References
- “panne-c?ke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-05.
Portuguese
Noun
pancake f (plural pancakes)
- Dated form of panqueca.
pancake From the web:
- what pancake mix is vegan
- what pancake mix does ihop use
- what pancake syrup is keto friendly
- what pancakes are healthy
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- what pancake mix is gluten free
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- what pancake am i
muffin
English
Etymology
From earlier moofin, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Low German muffen, plural of muffe (“small cake”), or perhaps a diminutive of muffe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?f?n/
- Rhymes: -?f?n
Noun
muffin (plural muffins)
- (Britain) A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten.
- (US) A type of individual bread such as corn, bran, banana or zucchini bread often sliced and spread with butter, etc before being eaten.
- (especially US) (informally) A cupcake without frosting, but sometimes glazed.
- (computing) A mechanism used in the Java Network Launching Protocol analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine.
- (slang) Term of endearment.
- I love you, muffin!
- (sexual slang) A vulva.
- (baseball, slang) A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.
- (slang) A charming, attractive young man. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (dated) A small plate, smaller than a twiffler.
Quotations
(computing term):
- 2001: The name/value pairs provided by the PersistenceService are similar to browser cookies. The Java Web Start implementation honors this legacy by naming the pairs "muffins." — JNLP and Java Web Start, Sun Developer Network, Technical Articles and Tips, 30 May 2001.
(the vulva):
Synonyms
- (flattish bun): English muffin (US)
Derived terms
See also
- (term of endearment, small bread): cupcake
Translations
Danish
Etymology
From English muffin.
Noun
muffin c (singular definite muffinen, plural indefinite muffins)
- muffin (cake)
Declension
French
Etymology
From English muffin.
Pronunciation
- (France) IPA(key): /mœ.fin/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /m?.fin/, /m?.fœn/
Noun
muffin m (plural muffins)
- muffin
Further reading
- “muffin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Polish
Alternative forms
- muffinka
- muffinek
Etymology
From English muffin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma.f?in/
Noun
muffin m anim
- muffin (cake)
Declension
Further reading
- muffin in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- muffin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From English muffin.
Noun
muffin m (plural muffins)
- muffin (type of small cake)
- Synonyms: queque, bolo inglês
muffin From the web:
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- what muffins are healthy
- what muffins are good for diabetics
- what muffins does costco have
- what muffin are you
- what muffins does starbucks have
- what muffins does tim hortons have
- what muffins are high in fiber
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