Flake
/fleษชk/
The meaning and definition of Flake, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
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A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
โThere were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were painting the walls.โ
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A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
โShe makes pleasant conversation, but she's kind of a flake when it comes time for action.โ
verb
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To break or chip off in a flake.
โThe paint flaked off after only a year.โ
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To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
โHe said he'd come and help, but he flaked.โ
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