FLAPJACK


Meaning of FLAPJACK in English

■ noun

1》 Brit. a chewy, thick biscuit made from oats and butter.

2》 N. Amer. a pancake.

Origin

C17 (in the sense 'pancake'): from flap (in the dialect sense 'toss a pancake') + jack 1 .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.