FLAKE
What does "FLAKE" mean?
A small, thin, flat piece that has broken off from something.
Meanings
- A small, flat, thin fragment, as of snow, paint, or cereal. Flakes of paint peeled from the old shutters.
- An unreliable person who fails to keep plans or commitments. He's such a flake - he cancelled on us twice this week. informal
- To break or come off in flakes, or to fail to do what one promised. The pastry flaked apart at the first bite.
Word origin
From Middle English 'flake', probably from Old Norse 'flak' ('a flat thing torn loose') or a related Scandinavian source; the 'unreliable person' sense is 20th-century American slang.
A little poem
One flake on my sleeve-
I watch its six arms soften
into a small wet star.
haiku
Wordplay
- I invited a snowflake to the party, but it flaked - the moment things got warm, it was gone.
What it teaches
Whatever flakes at the first warmth was never solid to begin with - in pastry or in people.
Quick facts
What does FLAKE mean?
A small, thin, flat piece that has broken off from something.
Is FLAKE a valid word?
Yes — FLAKE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FLAKE?
FLAKE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does FLAKE come from?
From Middle English 'flake', probably from Old Norse 'flak' ('a flat thing torn loose') or a related Scandinavian source; the 'unreliable person' sense is 20th-century American slang.
What can FLAKE teach us?
Whatever flakes at the first warmth was never solid to begin with - in pastry or in people.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.