Definition of pancaking:
(n) :
(countable and uncountable) A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular:
(n) :
In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
(n) :
In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.
(n) :
(uncountable, theater) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
(n) :
(countable, juggling) A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
(n) :
(countable) Anything very thin and flat.