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Flaky

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Adjective

1. flakey, flaky

made of or resembling flakes

Example Sentences:
'flaky soap'

2. flakey, flaky

made of or easily forming flakes

3. bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre

conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Example Sentences:
'restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit'
'famed for his eccentric spelling'
'a freakish combination of styles'
'his off-the-wall antics'
'the outlandish clothes of teenagers'
'outre and affected stage antics'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Flaky

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adjectiveWord forms: flakier or flakiest
1. 
like or made of flakes
2. 
tending to peel off or break easily into flakes
3. Also: flakey US slang
eccentric; crazy

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Flaky

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈflakier or ˈflakiest
1. 
containing or made up of flakes
2. 
breaking easily into flakes
3.  US, Slang
very eccentric, erratic, irrational, etc.

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Flaky

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adj. flak·i·er, flak·i·est
1. Made of or resembling flakes.
2. Forming or tending to form flakes or thin, crisp fragments: flaky pastry.
3. Slang
a. Undependable, as in keeping social engagements: a flaky friend who is always late.
b. Somewhat eccentric; odd: "that slightly flakey quality, in joy as well as in grief, that prepares us subtly for the mad scenes to come" (Village Voice).

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