flake out
verb
flaked out; flaking out; flakes out
intransitive verb
1
slang : to fall asleep
2
slang : to be overcome especially by exhaustion see also flake entry 2 sense 2
Word History
Etymology
probably from dialect flake to lie, bask
First Known Use
1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- five-hole
- five-leaf
- five-leaved chaste tree
- five-leaved ivy
- five-leaved pine
- five-lined lizard
- five-o'clock shadow
- five-percenter
- five-shooter
- five-sisters
- five-spice powder
- five-spot
- five-star
- five-star rank
- five-ten limits
- five-toed jerboa
- five-year cure
- five-year plan
- fivefingers
- fivefold
- fiveleaf akebia
- fiveling
- fivepence
- fivepences
- fivepenny morris