flake
The definition of a flake is a small piece of something, or is slang for an unreliable person.
(noun)- An example of a flake is a sliver of chocolate.
- An example of a flake is a person who does not show up to complete his volunteer activities.
Flake is defined as to peel or chip off.
(verb)An example of flake is splitting wood into chips.
See flake in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a small, thin mass: a flake of snow
- a thin piece or layer split off or peeled off from anything; chip
- ☆ Slang an eccentric, unbalanced, or irrational person
Origin: ME < Scand, as in Norw flak, ice floe, ON flakna, to flake off < IE *plāg, flat < base *plā- > plain
Related Forms:
- flaker noun
noun
Origin: ME flake, fleke < ON flaki, fleki, hurdle < IE base *pel-, to cover > fell
See flake in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A flat thin piece or layer; a chip.
- Archaeology A stone fragment removed from a core or from another flake by percussion or pressure, serving as a preform or as a tool or blade itself.
- A small piece; a bit.
- A small crystalline bit of snow.
- Slang A somewhat eccentric person; an oddball.
- Slang Cocaine.
- To remove a flake or flakes from; chip.
- To cover, mark, or overlay with or as if with flakes.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English; see plāk-1 in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- flakˈer noun
noun
- A frame or platform for drying fish or produce.
- A scaffold lowered over the side of a ship to support workers or caulkers.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English fleke
Origin: , from Old Norse fleki, hurdle, shield used for defense in battle; see plāk-1 in Indo-European roots
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