Definition of pancake race in US English:
pancake race
nounˈpanˌkāk rāsˈpænˌkeɪk reɪs
A race in which each competitor must toss a pancake in a pan as they run, traditionally held in some places on Shrove Tuesday.
Example sentencesExamples
- It was his last pancake race at St Mary's and he said he wanted to go out with a clatter.
- THE MP for Twickenham will compete in a pancake race in front of the Houses of Parliament on Shrove Tuesday to raise money for a brain injury charity.
- Youngsters enjoyed traditional pancake races and heard stories about Shrove Tuesday, which falls next week.
- One peculiarly English institution is the pancake race.
- There is a pancake race in the village every year.
- The pancake race was first run in the town in 1988 with pancakes supplied, as they are today, by a local tea shop.
- Each team competed in pancake races in the store as shoppers watched.
- Pancakes will be raining down on Bradford on Avon on Shrove Tuesday for the town's annual pancake race.
- The Wiltshire Times battered the competition on Shrove Tuesday as the Trowbridge pancake race got under way.
- After the pancake making, the children went outside for pancake races.