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flake

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noun (1)

1
: a small loose mass or bit
flakes of snow
2
: a thin flattened piece or layer : chip
3
slang : cocaine
4

flake

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verb

flaked; flaking

transitive verb

1
: to cover with or as if with flakes
2
: to form or break into flakes : chip

intransitive verb

1
: to separate into flakes
also : to peel in flakes
2
or flake out, informal : to fail or neglect to do or participate in something previously scheduled, agreed upon, or assigned
He'd disappear, then text, disappear, and then text again. So it's not particularly surprising that when we finally made plans to meet he flaked without a word. Kerensa Cadenas
My brother isn't the type to flake out without warning. D. Morgan Ballmer
often used with on
Flake on your friends too often and pretty soon your only friends will be Dharma and Greg. Colleen RushLet's get him to sign his name to that before he flakes out on you! Rhoda Janzen

flake

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noun (2)

: a stage, platform, or tray for drying fish or produce

flake

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noun (3)

: a person who is flaky : oddball

Example Sentences

Verb Bake the fish until it flakes easily when tested with a fork.

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English; akin to Old English flacor flying (of arrows), Old Norse flakna to flake off, split

Noun (2)

Middle English flake, fleke hurdle; akin to Middle Dutch vlāke, vlaec hurdle, Old Norse flaki

Noun (3)

perhaps from flake out

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1602, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun (2)

1623, in the meaning defined above

Noun (3)

1964, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flake was in the 14th century

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