- Term is coined because defenders are said to have been laid out "flat like a pancake." Mostly used in the game of football when a lineman blocks another lineman.
Pancake
zero derivation; verb
An execution of a block in the game of football where the person being blocked is knocked down and lies flat like a pancake.
Etymology : "Pancake" from the old compound of "pan" and "cake".
Source : "I Pancaked that guy almost fifteen times!" From a teammate in November, 2008.
Last modified: 5 December 2008