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- DictionaryFlake/flāk/
noun
- 1. a small, flat, thin piece of something, typically one that has broken away or been peeled off from a larger piece: "paint peeling off the walls in unsightly flakes"
- 2. an unreliable, eccentric, or unconventional person: informal "I told my husband she was a flake and she'd never show up"
verb
- 1. come or fall away from a surface in thin pieces: "the paint had been flaking off for years"
- 2. break or divide (food) into thin pieces: "flake the fish"