What (who) is flake - definition
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Flakes; Flake (disambiguation)
flake
A (perhaps unconsciously) thoughtless and inconsiderate person
He's a flake. OR He flaked on me.
He's a flake. OR He flaked on me.
Flake
·noun A paling; a hurdle.
II. Flake ·vt To form into flakes.
III. Flake ·vi To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.
IV. Flake ·add. ·noun A flat layer, or fake, of a coiled cable.
V. Flake ·noun A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, ·etc.
VI. Flake ·noun A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash.
VII. Flake ·noun A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
VIII. Flake ·noun A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
IX. Flake ·noun A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish.
flake
flake1
¦ noun
1. a small, flat, very thin piece of something.
Archaeology a piece of hard stone chipped off for use as a tool.
2. a snowflake.
3. N. Amer. informal a crazy or eccentric person.
¦ verb
1. come away from a surface in flakes.
2. split into flakes.
Derivatives
flaked adjective
Origin
ME: the immediate source is unknown, the senses perh. deriving from different words; prob. of Gmc origin and related to flag2 and flaw1.
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flake2
¦ noun a rack for storing or drying food such as fish.
Origin
ME (denoting a wicker hurdle): perh. of Scand. origin.
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flake3
¦ verb (flake out) informal fall asleep; drop from exhaustion.
Origin
C15 (in the senses 'become languid' and (of a garment) 'fall in folds'): var. of obs. flack and flag4.
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flake4
(also fake) Nautical
¦ noun a single turn of a coiled rope or hawser.
¦ verb lay (a rope) in loose coils in order to prevent it tangling.
?lay (a sail) down in folds either side of the boom.
Origin
C17: of unknown origin.
Pronunciation examples for flake
1. flakes.
The Gaijin Cookbook _ Chris Ying _ Talks at Google
2. flakes.
From Antarctica to Afghanistan _ Mike Libecki _ Talks at Google
3. Frosted Flakes and not Sugar Frosted Flakes
Howard Markel _ Talks at Google
4. Bran Flakes?
How to Make People Laugh _ Brian Regan _ Talks at Google
5. Flakes, Israeli Pasta Flakes, Toasted, Israeli Couscous," or something.
Al Hashulchan _ Janna Gur _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of flake
1. In German, "Flocke" means "flake," as in snow flake.
2. Jeff Flake (R–Ariz.). Flake sponsored an unsuccessful House bill that, like the Senate‘s measure, would offer some amnesty.
3. Jeff Flake (R–Ariz.) is considering introducing legislation to overhaul civil service pay and personnel rules, a spokesman for Flake said.
4. Republicans – Flake, N; Franks, Y; Renzi, Y; Shadegg, N.
5. Republicans _ Flake, Y; Franks, Y; Renzi, Y; Shadegg, Y.