flake
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- noun
- /fleɪk/
- Offensive
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bicho raro
- He's known as a flake because he always forgets his commitments.
People who are players, people who are flakes, people who just want to use you until they get to the next person.
- People who are players, people who are flakes, people who just want to use you until they get to the next person.
- And, and my business coach at the time, I, I said to her, I'm so worried everybody's going to think I'm such a flake.
Examples
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Well, she's always been a flake.
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She's an actress, Bev, she's a flake.
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I thought you said she was a flake. George.
Fiction book (1999) -
When did she become such a flake.
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Because his wife was a total flake.
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I was beginning to think you was a flake.
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- I know I'm a flake!
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- Oh, don't treat me like I'm some flake, George.
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Drumlin thinks I'm enough of a flake as it is.
Fiction book (1997) -
She's always the flake.
Synonyms
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6.8
A person who is socially awkward and likes unusual hobbies
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7.2
A person who acts in a strange way
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8.3
A person who behaves in a strange, silly way
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A person who behaves in an unusual way that others find odd
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6.0
A person with unusual habits or behavior
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A person who acts in a way people think is strange
A person who behaves in a strange or unusual way
A person who often cancels plans or fails to show up
Compounds
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Etymology
A flake meaning a strange or unreliable person is 20th-century slang, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of a flake as a small loose piece that can fall away or move about; so a 'flake' person is not steady or dependable.