Definition of Flake Out in English :

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Flake Out

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Verb

1. dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off

change from a waking to a sleeping state

Example Sentences:
'he always falls asleep during lectures'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Flake Out

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verb (intr, adverb)
informal
to collapse or fall asleep as through extreme exhaustion

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Flake Out

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1. 
to fall asleep
2. 
to faint

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Flake Out

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n.
1. A flat thin piece or layer; a chip.
2. 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.
3. A small piece; a bit.
4. A small crystalline bit of snow.
5. Slang
a. One who is undependable, as in keeping social engagements.
b. A somewhat eccentric person; an oddball.
6. Slang Cocaine.
v. flaked, flak·ing, flakes
v.tr.
1. To remove a flake or flakes from; chip.
2. To cover, mark, or overlay with or as if with flakes.
3. To lay out (a rope or sail, for example) in loose folds.
v.intr.
1. To come off in flat thin pieces or layers.
2. Slang
a. To renege, as on a social engagement: promised to go to the party but flaked at the last moment.
b. To fall asleep or collapse from fatigue or exhaustion: got home and flaked on the sofa.

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