flake¹ /flāk/

1. A small flat scale or layer
2. A very small loose mass, eg of snow
3. A spark or detached flame
4. A flash (Spenser)
5. An eccentric, a crazy person (N American informal)
6. Cocaine (slang)

1. To form into flakes
2. To sprinkle with, or as if with, flakes

To come off in flakes

flakˈiness noun

flakˈy adjective

1. Formed of, or tending to form, flakes
2. (of pastry) formed of thin, crumbly layers
3. Stupid, inept, incompetent (informal)
4. Crazy, eccentric (US informal)

An angry outburst, a fit of temper

flakeˈ-white noun

The purest white lead for painting, made in the form of scales or plates

flake out

To collapse from weariness or illness

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