noun
- a small, thin piece that has broken off or peeled away from something
- a single piece of snow
- a person who is unreliable or fails to follow through on commitments
Usage: informal
verb
- to come off in small, thin pieces
- to fail to show up or follow through on a commitment
Usage: informal
Examples
- Paint flakes covered the floor after scraping the old wall.
- Large snowflakes began falling from the gray sky.
- Don’t be such a flake – we’re counting on you to help.
- The old paint started to flake off the fence.
- She always flakes on our dinner plans at the last minute.
- He brushed the flakes of dandruff from his shoulders.
- The pastry was so delicate that it would flake apart easily.