Noun: flapjack 'flap,jak
- [N. Amer] A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
"Battercakes are similar to flapjacks but often larger and thinner";
- pancake, battercake, flannel cake [US], flannel-cake [US], flapcake [N. Amer], griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake
- [Brit] Baked thick biscuit made from oats, syrup and butter, usually soft and a bit chewy
"She packed homemade flapjacks for their hiking trip"
Derived forms: flapjacks
Type of: biccy [Brit, informal], bicky [Brit, informal], bikkie [Brit, informal], bikky [Brit, informal], biscuit [Brit], cake, cookie [N. Amer], cooky [N. Amer, informal]
Encyclopedia: Flapjack