Pancake (disambiguation)

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Pancake is a batter cake fried in a pan.

Pancake may also mean:

• In volleyball, a pancake is a pass technique executed by sliding the hand palm-down on the court during a dive, so that the ball bounces off of the back of the hand
• Pancake makeup is a cosmetic used for heavy coverage and evening out skin tone. In cake form, the make-up is usually applied with a damp cosmetic sponge and dries to a smooth, matte finish. The Max Factor company created pancake make-up in the 1930s as an improvement on easily-smearing greasepaint used on stage.
• In American football, a pancake block denotes the flattening (pushing to the ground) of an opposing lineman by a blocker
• A pancake landing is an emergency aircraft landing maneuver where the craft drops flat onto the ground from a low altitude
• In the arts, a "pancake" is a platform 1/8 the size of an apple box
• Breece D'J Pancake was a writer of short fiction from West Virginia
• In construction, "pancaking" is when floors in a building collapse one on top of the other downward in a manner which resembles a stack of pancakes.
• The Pancakes, a music group from Hong Kong
• A "Japanese savory pancake", known as okonomiyaki or hirayachi
• Pancake (slot car) a type of slot car with a vertical shaft and flat commutator
• In professional wrestling, a pancake is another variated name for the professional wrestling maneuver Flapjack
• Pancakes is a ring juggling technique, whereby the rings are thrown in a way similar to clubs so they spin along a diametrical axis