flapjack

[ flap-jak ]

noun

1. a pancake or griddlecake.
2. British. a small case for face powder; compact.

flapjack

/ ˈflæpˌdʒæk /

noun

1. a chewy biscuit made with rolled oats
2. another word for pancake

Word History and Origins

Origin of flapjack¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; flap (in the obsolete sense “to flip a pancake”) + jack ¹, a catchall, humorous term for an object or person ( crackerjack )

Word History and Origins

Origin of flapjack¹

C17: from flap (in the sense: toss) + jack ¹

Example Sentences

Perhaps a lifetime of listening to flapjack jokes had worn away his good nature.

From Literature

During the Bill Clinton presidency, Mr. McGrath entertained New Republic readers with “The Flapjack File,” a White House parody as told by a Secret Service agent describing a fast-food-gobbling president and a conniving first lady, “Mrs. Rodham Flap.”

From Washington Post

The game is light fun, yes, but I just cannot commit to a sport that takes seriously terms like “dingles” and “flapjack” and where falafel does not refer to a food I love.

From Washington Post

Gently twisted, with some Disneyfied action and heartwarming folded in, the series was created by Alex Hirsch, yet another young product of Cal Arts, the Harvard Business School of animation, and a veteran of Disney Channel’s “Fish Hooks” and Cartoon Network’s “The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.”

From Los Angeles Times

Huge aeoniums — sort of the succulent version of a sunflower — and flapjack kalanchoe share space with seaside daisies and the long-stemmed purple flowers of lavender and Mexican sage.

From Los Angeles Times