flaked

/fleɪkt/

verb

To break or chip off in a flake.

Examples :

"The paint flaked off after only a year."

material appearance

verb

To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.

Examples :

""John flaked on our study session and didn't even call." "

action character attitude negative

verb

To store an item such as rope or sail in layers

Examples :

"The line is flaked into the container for easy attachment and deployment."

nautical sailing

verb

To hit (another person).

Examples :

"During the argument, he got angry and flaked his brother on the arm. "

action human person police

Meanings

Examples :

"The paint flaked off after only a year."

Examples :

""John flaked on our study session and didn't even call." "

Examples :

"The line is flaked into the container for easy attachment and deployment."

Examples :

"During the argument, he got angry and flaked his brother on the arm. "

Related Words

session noun

An informal gathering of musicians to play music, especially improvised jazz or a similar genre.

impractical adjective

Not practical; impracticable

through noun

A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.

container noun

Someone who contains; something that contains.

unreliable adjective

Not reliable.

desert noun

(usually in the plural) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward

brother noun

Son of the same parents as another person.

argument noun

A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.

deployment noun

An arrangement or classification of things.

attachment noun

The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.

another pronoun

An additional one of the same kind.

abandon verb

To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.