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flak·y
also flak·ey (flā′kē)adj. flak·i·er, flak·i·est
1. Made of or resembling flakes.
2. Forming or tending to form flakes or thin, crisp fragments: flaky pastry.
3. Slang
a. Undependable, as in keeping social engagements: a flaky friend who is always late.
b. Somewhat eccentric; odd: "that slightly flakey quality, in joy as well as in grief, that prepares us subtly for the mad scenes to come" (Village Voice).
flak′i·ly adv.
flak′i·ness n.
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flaky
(ˈfleɪkɪ) orflakey
adj, flakier or flakiest
1. like or made of flakes
2. tending to peel off or break easily into flakes
3. slang Also: flakey US eccentric; crazy
ˈflakily adv
ˈflakiness n
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flak•y
or flak•ey
(ˈfleɪ ki)adj. flak•i•er, flak•i•est.
1. of or like flakes.
2. lying or cleaving off in flakes or layers.
3. Slang. eccentric; wacky; dizzy.
[1570–80]
flak′i•ly, adv.
flak′i•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | flaky - made of or resembling flakes; "flaky soap" |
| 2. | flaky - made of or easily forming flakes tender - easy to cut or chew; "tender beef" | |
| 3. |  flaky - conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" |
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flaky
flakeyadjective peeling, cracking, blistering, desquamative remove the dry, flaky skin
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Translations
نَدْفي، قِشْري
vločkovitý
flagetskrøbelig
flögóttur; sem flagnar auîveldlega
vločkovitý
ince tabaka halinde
flaky
[ˈfleɪkɪ]A. ADJ (flakier (compar) (flakiest (superl)))
1. [paintwork] → desconchado; [skin] → escamoso
2. [idea] → descabellado; [person] → raro
B. CPD flaky pastry N (Culin) → hojaldre m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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flaky
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
flaky
[ˈfleɪkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (paintwork) → scrostato/a; (skin) → squamoso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
flake
(fleik) noun a very small piece. a snowflake.
verb (usually with off) to come off in flakes. The paint is flaking.
ˈflaky adjectiveflake out
(slang) to fall asleep straight away because one is extremely tired.
flaked out (slang) extremely tired. You must be flaked out after being awake all night.
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flaky
a. escamoso-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
flaky
adj (comp -ier; super -iest) escamosoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.