it was pancaked
it was flattened
TRANSLATION
pancake (verb) = etwas flach machen, in sich zusammenfallen --- GOOGLE INDEX pancake: approximately 99,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"It was very severe. The roof then caved in and the building PANCAKED onto the ground floor.
(BBC News)
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He said witnesses told him the car had reached "ridiculous speeds" on an intersection before the driver lost control and the vehicle plunged off the roundabout on to the carriageway below. Station Officer Rose said: "When we got there it was literally PANCAKED."
(Evening Gazette, Middlesbrough, England)
(BBC News)
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He said witnesses told him the car had reached "ridiculous speeds" on an intersection before the driver lost control and the vehicle plunged off the roundabout on to the carriageway below. Station Officer Rose said: "When we got there it was literally PANCAKED."
(Evening Gazette, Middlesbrough, England)
Did you
know?
pancake
verb
- to flatten, especially as the result of a collision or other mishap
(Random House Dictionary)
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The verb "to pancake," meaning to flatten something, stems from the simple idea that a real pancake is flat, although tasty. Pancake can also be used in a figurative sense to denote something that has significantly decreased in amount or value (Stocks on Wall Street pancaked today after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced it was raising the prime interest rate).
According to the website "Who Invented It," no one person can get credit for inventing the pancake. Historical records show that pancakes could be found in many different countries around the world since ancient times.
The Romans called it Alita Docia (Latin for "another sweet"). Like today, the basic ingredients were milk, eggs and flour. During the Medieval Age, the pancake began to resemble the modern variety and contained ingredients like cornmeal, buckwheat and potatoes. These cakes were made using bake stones and some hearths.
The pancake is also linked to Shrove Tuesday - also referred to as Pancake Day - which is the day before the Christian Lent. This tradition began with the idea of loading up on rich foodstuffs such as eggs, milk and sugar, before the 40-day fasting period.
In the U.S., the pancake has a variety of regional names including hot cake, griddle cake, flapjack (flap refers to a tossed-up mixture of something and jack to a variety) and Johnny Cake. Scottish pancakes are called "drop scones," from the sense of "dropping" the scones batter onto the pan.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"The parked car was pancaked by a falling tree."
verb
- to flatten, especially as the result of a collision or other mishap
(Random House Dictionary)
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The verb "to pancake," meaning to flatten something, stems from the simple idea that a real pancake is flat, although tasty. Pancake can also be used in a figurative sense to denote something that has significantly decreased in amount or value (Stocks on Wall Street pancaked today after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced it was raising the prime interest rate).
According to the website "Who Invented It," no one person can get credit for inventing the pancake. Historical records show that pancakes could be found in many different countries around the world since ancient times.
The Romans called it Alita Docia (Latin for "another sweet"). Like today, the basic ingredients were milk, eggs and flour. During the Medieval Age, the pancake began to resemble the modern variety and contained ingredients like cornmeal, buckwheat and potatoes. These cakes were made using bake stones and some hearths.
The pancake is also linked to Shrove Tuesday - also referred to as Pancake Day - which is the day before the Christian Lent. This tradition began with the idea of loading up on rich foodstuffs such as eggs, milk and sugar, before the 40-day fasting period.
In the U.S., the pancake has a variety of regional names including hot cake, griddle cake, flapjack (flap refers to a tossed-up mixture of something and jack to a variety) and Johnny Cake. Scottish pancakes are called "drop scones," from the sense of "dropping" the scones batter onto the pan.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"The parked car was pancaked by a falling tree."
