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[ fley-kee ] / ˈfleɪ ki / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flaky ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, flak·i·er, flak·i·est.of or like flakes. lying or cleaving off in flakes or layers. Slang. eccentric; wacky; dizzy: a flaky math professor. Origin of flakyFirst recorded in 1570–80; 1965–70 for def. 3; flake1 + -y1; sense of def. 3 probably flake4 + -y1, though influenced by flake1 OTHER WORDS FROM flakyflak·i·ly, adverbflak·i·ness, nounnon·flak·i·ly, adverbnon·flak·i·ly·ness, noun non·flak·y, adjectiveun·flak·y, adjective Words nearby flakyflake out, flake tool, flake white, flak jacket, flak suit, flaky, flaky pastry, flam, flambé, flambeau, Flamborough Head Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flakyTerri-Ann has recipes for oxtails robed in velvety gravy, flaky golden beef patties, and, to my great satisfaction, jerk chicken. Until I Can Go Back to My Favorite Restaurant, This Jerk Paste Is the Next Best Thing|Elazar Sontag|September 25, 2020|Eater It is the “glue that holds often flaky single malts together,” as Broom puts it. Don't Be a Single-Malt Scotch Snob|Kayleigh Kulp|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Its flaky and slightly burned crust was reminiscent of crème brulee. Portugal's Kings of Pastry|Molly Hannon|April 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST The phyllo cooks until golden, crisp, and flaky, and the cheesy spinach filling is addictive, to say the least. What to Eat: Light Greek Meal|Cookstr.com|June 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It was brown as to crust, and flaky and light as to interior. In the Midst of Alarms|Robert Barr These rays caught the flaky clouds above Samothrace, and just pencilled their outline with a tiny rim of gold and fire. Tell England|Ernest Raymond Our talk flagged and the fire grew gray in its flaky ashes before Fanny again appeared. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII. No. 30. September, 1873|Various The fresh bread and good butter, and the flaky wedges of apple pie, each flanked by its pilot of cheese, were likewise enjoyed. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm|Amy Bell Marlowe With the tarpans of the northern Steppes it is thick, flaky, and frizzled. The Desert World|Arthur Mangin
British Dictionary definitions for flaky
adjective flakier or flakiestlike or made of flakes tending to peel off or break easily into flakes Also: flakey US slang eccentric; crazy Derived forms of flakyflakily, adverbflakiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to flakycrazy, unconventional, wacky, nutty, goofy, odd, haywire, peculiar, queer, screwy |