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Dictionary: flak·y  flak·ey (flā') pronunciation
also adj., -i·er, -i·est.
  1. Made of or resembling flakes.
  2. Forming or tending to form flakes or thin, crisp fragments: flaky pastry.
  3. Slang. 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).
flakily flak'i·ly adv.
flakiness flak'i·ness n.

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adj. A term describing a food, such as pie crust, with a dry texture that easily breaks off into flat, flakelike pieces.

Hacker Slang: flaky
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(var sp. flakey) Subject to frequent lossage. This use is of course related to the common slang use of the word to describe a person as eccentric, crazy, or just unreliable. A system that is flaky is working, sort of — enough that you are tempted to try to use it — but fails frequently enough that the odds in favor of finishing what you start are low. Commonwealth hackish prefers dodgy or wonky.


WordNet: flaky
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: made of or easily forming flakes
  Synonym: flakey

Meaning #2: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, outlandish, outre


Translations: Flaky
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bestående af flager, som let spalter sig i flager

Nederlands (Dutch)
schilferig, vlokkerig, schilferachtig, raar/ getikt

Français (French)
adj. - floconneux, qui s'écaille, qui pèle, qui s'effrite, (US) barjo (fam), (Culin) feuilleté

Deutsch (German)
adj. - blättrig, schuppig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φολιδοειδής, λεπιοειδής, (καθομ.) αναξιόπιστος

Italiano (Italian)
scaglioso, squamoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - flocado, lascado

Русский (Russian)
слоеный, психованный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - escamoso, hojaldrado, excéntrico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - flagig, knäpp (vard.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
薄片的, 薄而易剥落的, 成片的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 薄片的, 薄而易剝落的, 成片的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 얇은 조각 모양의, 벗겨진

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - はげ落ちやすい, 薄片状の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) له قشور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עשוי עלים-עלים, קשקשי‬


 
 
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