Flake
noun
A small piece of something broken off from the main piece.
A flake of snow fell on my nose.
Often appears as...
- flake of snow
- flake of paint
verb
To separate into small thin pieces, or to cause something to do this.
The paint was beginning to flake off the wall.
Often appears as...
- flake off
- flake away
noun
An unreliable person.
Don't invite her to your party, she's a real flake.
Often appears as...
- real flake
- bit of a flake
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of British sweet made of thin pieces of milk chocolate laid on top of each other.
She ordered a vanilla ice cream cone with a flake.
Often appears as...
- flake in ice cream
- 99 flake
noun
A small piece of something broken off from the main piece.
A flake of snow fell on my nose.
Often appears as...
- flake of snow
- flake of paint
verb
To separate into small thin pieces, or to cause something to do this.
The paint was beginning to flake off the wall.
Often appears as...
- flake off
- flake away
noun
An unreliable person.
Don't invite her to your party, she's a real flake.
Often appears as...
- real flake
- bit of a flake
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of British sweet made of thin pieces of milk chocolate laid on top of each other.
She ordered a vanilla ice cream cone with a flake.
Often appears as...
- flake in ice cream
- 99 flake
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Small Part
Used for describing tiny pieces that come off larger things, often unintentionally.
She found a flake of old paint on her hand.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Objects
Commonly paired with natural objects like snow or skin, emphasizing their delicate texture.
He noticed a flake of skin on his dried lips.
Pro Tip 1/2Small Part
Used for describing tiny pieces that come off larger things, often unintentionally.
She found a flake of old paint on her hand.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Objects
Commonly paired with natural objects like snow or skin, emphasizing their delicate texture.
He noticed a flake of skin on his dried lips.
Pro Tip 1/2Small Part
Used for describing tiny pieces that come off larger things, often unintentionally.
She found a flake of old paint on her hand.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Objects
Commonly paired with natural objects like snow or skin, emphasizing their delicate texture.
He noticed a flake of skin on his dried lips.
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The Mindset Shift Needed...
And here's another example. Did you know that corn flakes and a lot of other cereals have added vitamins and minerals? That's called food fortification, when you add critical nutrients to staple foods we eat every day. That's particularly important when people do not have access to a healthy diet or maybe they cannot afford it.
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How Cicadas Become...
because they're still very active when they have this fungus erupting out of the back side of them they'll fly around and spores will flake off similar to a tipped salt shaker so they're basically flying salt shakers of death flying salt shakers of death reigning zombie destruction upon the insect world
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TIL: We Could Give Mars...
planet when we actually brought it so what's going on behind me in the cleanroom is they're actually building the hardware the instrument that's gonna go to space the dirtiest thing in the cleanroom is the human beings our hair comes off there's flakes of skin lots of bad stuff that looks like life -
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Benjamin Wallace: The...
10 seconds passed and it was gone. And then I was left with these little ugly flakes on my pasta that, you know, their purpose had been served, and so I'm afraid to say that this was also a disappointment to me. There were several -- several of these items were disappointments.
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What makes tattoos...
So, how come the tattoo doesn't gradually flake off along with them? The simple answer is that tattooing involves getting pigment deeper into the skin than the outermost layer that gets shed. Throughout history, different cultures have used various methods to accomplish this.
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Mark Pagel: How language...
into developing them. If I can watch which lure you use to catch a fish, or I can watch how you flake your hand axe to make it better, or if I follow you secretly to your mushroom patch, I can benefit from your knowledge and wisdom and skills, and maybe even catch that fish
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What's wrong with our...
brother and sister actually like eating baked kale chips I try to share this everywhere I go not too long ago my uncle said that he offered my six year old cousin cereal he asked if he wanted organic touch the O's or the sugar-coated flakes you know the one of
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Egyptian Doodles PIPE...
tombs other similar sketches have been found in the area some show architects plans for the toons summer dry runs for their decoration others relate to everyday life the limestone flakes were also used as makeshift notepads they reveal a
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How we plan to make...
based techniques to actually look inside batteries as they operate this enables us to directly see what the problems are and which solutions work here you see a subvolume of inside of your battery the flake lake particles
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Climbing a Table-Top...
raise his game fold a really dangerous large boulder right above a van and whatever you do don't touch it over I've got this great big flake here which is
Video examples
The Mindset Shift Needed...
And here's another example. Did you know that corn flakes and a lot of other cereals have added vitamins and minerals? That's called food fortification, when you add critical nutrients to staple foods we eat every day. That's particularly important when people do not have access to a healthy diet or maybe they cannot afford it.
Video examples
How Cicadas Become...
because they're still very active when they have this fungus erupting out of the back side of them they'll fly around and spores will flake off similar to a tipped salt shaker so they're basically flying salt shakers of death flying salt shakers of death reigning zombie destruction upon the insect world
Video examples
TIL: We Could Give Mars...
planet when we actually brought it so what's going on behind me in the cleanroom is they're actually building the hardware the instrument that's gonna go to space the dirtiest thing in the cleanroom is the human beings our hair comes off there's flakes of skin lots of bad stuff that looks like life -
Video examples
Benjamin Wallace: The...
10 seconds passed and it was gone. And then I was left with these little ugly flakes on my pasta that, you know, their purpose had been served, and so I'm afraid to say that this was also a disappointment to me. There were several -- several of these items were disappointments.
Video examples
What makes tattoos...
So, how come the tattoo doesn't gradually flake off along with them? The simple answer is that tattooing involves getting pigment deeper into the skin than the outermost layer that gets shed. Throughout history, different cultures have used various methods to accomplish this.
Video examples
Mark Pagel: How language...
into developing them. If I can watch which lure you use to catch a fish, or I can watch how you flake your hand axe to make it better, or if I follow you secretly to your mushroom patch, I can benefit from your knowledge and wisdom and skills, and maybe even catch that fish
Video examples
What's wrong with our...
brother and sister actually like eating baked kale chips I try to share this everywhere I go not too long ago my uncle said that he offered my six year old cousin cereal he asked if he wanted organic touch the O's or the sugar-coated flakes you know the one of
Video examples
Egyptian Doodles PIPE...
tombs other similar sketches have been found in the area some show architects plans for the toons summer dry runs for their decoration others relate to everyday life the limestone flakes were also used as makeshift notepads they reveal a
Video examples
How we plan to make...
based techniques to actually look inside batteries as they operate this enables us to directly see what the problems are and which solutions work here you see a subvolume of inside of your battery the flake lake particles
Video examples
Climbing a Table-Top...
raise his game fold a really dangerous large boulder right above a van and whatever you do don't touch it over I've got this great big flake here which is
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Christian Serratos
American Actress
I'd love to play someone who's insane or something, just so I can go flake out. I like a superhero. I know that's ironic. That's where we are, but seriously, it'd be really cool to play a superhero.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Fall of the Berlin wall? Being there was fun. Nations that flaked off of the Soviet Union in southeastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus? Being there was not so fun.
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Masaharu Morimoto
Japanese Chef
I buy soy sauce and flavor it five different ways: with sake, mirin, sugar, kombu and bonito flakes. I use them on lots of dishes at home.
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Milo Yiannopoulos
British Activist
Some day, when I'm done triggering special snow flakes on campus, when I'm tired of all this, I might quite like a little Milo.
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Art Bell
American Entertainer
If someone's a flake, I help them dig their own hole. I let the audience be the judge. And believe me, they are.
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Wayne Grady
Australian Athlete
I think of magazines as cultural entities rather than boxes of corn flakes that can be sold and shipped around.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.
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Cheryl Burke
American Dancer
When you have a buddy to work out with, you don't want to flake on that person.
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Maximilian Schell
Swiss Actor
I am America's number-one fan. I like your food. Especially corn flakes.
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Ted Danson
American Actor
I'm from L.A. I'm an actor. I'm a flake.
Quote examples
Christian Serratos
American Actress
I'd love to play someone who's insane or something, just so I can go flake out. I like a superhero. I know that's ironic. That's where we are, but seriously, it'd be really cool to play a superhero.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Fall of the Berlin wall? Being there was fun. Nations that flaked off of the Soviet Union in southeastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus? Being there was not so fun.
Quote examples
Masaharu Morimoto
Japanese Chef
I buy soy sauce and flavor it five different ways: with sake, mirin, sugar, kombu and bonito flakes. I use them on lots of dishes at home.
Quote examples
Milo Yiannopoulos
British Activist
Some day, when I'm done triggering special snow flakes on campus, when I'm tired of all this, I might quite like a little Milo.
Quote examples
Art Bell
American Entertainer
If someone's a flake, I help them dig their own hole. I let the audience be the judge. And believe me, they are.
Quote examples
Wayne Grady
Australian Athlete
I think of magazines as cultural entities rather than boxes of corn flakes that can be sold and shipped around.
Quote examples
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.
Quote examples
Cheryl Burke
American Dancer
When you have a buddy to work out with, you don't want to flake on that person.
Quote examples
Maximilian Schell
Swiss Actor
I am America's number-one fan. I like your food. Especially corn flakes.
Quote examples
Ted Danson
American Actor
I'm from L.A. I'm an actor. I'm a flake.
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