flaky

Modifies a noun

• pastry: Cover with flaky pastry, leaving a hole in the center.
• scalp: It's also great for flaky, itchy scalp.
• skin: Simply rub any flaky skin gently from the surface.
• texture: The salmon is juicy but firm with a flaky texture, enabling it to be used in a number of ways.
• patch: Often this causes red, flaky, crusty patches covered with silvery scales, which are shed easily.
• paint: Step 2. The Brush Off Using your wire brushes, remove as much of the flaky paint as you possibly can.

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: Got sick of my DSL modem... My DSL modem has always been somewhat flaky.
• rather: Well, that was at least partially true: Keynote hasn't crashed since, but iDVD still seems rather flaky.
• too: It all just seemed to weird, too flaky.
• little: In fact, in robotic terms, Hengie was growing a little flaky.
• very: The low unemployment Ace refers to is being sustained by this very flaky marginal demand.
• pretty: Conclusion: Bluetooth under Linux ( or at least KDE ) is pretty flaky.

Used with adjective complement

• become: They would twist and crack, and their surfaces would become flaky.
• get: Body shop cocoa butter as it makes your tan shine and you don't get flaky.
• seem: To conservatives especially, the very terms seem flaky.
• sound: This guy sounds flakier than a bowl of cereal!