as in pancake
a flat cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides (as on a griddle)
had a big plate of slapjacks with syrup for breakfast on his birthday
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Recent Examples of slapjack
The indictment says that Perna — armed with a club known as a slapjack — and an unidentified member of his crew followed Cantin to a strip mall in Passaic County and attacked him in the parking lot.
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NBC News, 16 Dec. 2020
NBC News, 16 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slapjack
pancake
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Brendan Rasmussen, Idaho Falls Standing at 6-4, 280 pounds, the senior averaged five pancake blocks per game, using his strength and mobility to blow open holes.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Apr. 2026
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The shop serves up fancy offerings like maple bacon, blueberry pancake or s’mores donuts or more traditional stylings like glazed or powdered sugar donuts.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Slapjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slapjack. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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