"flaky" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfleɪkiː/ Audio: en-us-flaky.ogg Forms: flakier [comparative], flakiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪki Etymology: From flake + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|flake|-y|id2=adjectival}} flake + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} flaky (comparative flakier, superlative flakiest)
  1. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike): люспест (ljuspest) (Bulgarian), vlokkig (Dutch), hiutalemainen (Finnish), hilseilevä (Finnish), flockig (German), blättrig (German), schuppig (German), aus Schichten bestehend (German), exzentrisch (German), λεπιοειδής (lepioeidís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), φολιδοειδής (folidoeidís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), хлопьевидный (xlopʹjevidnyj) (Russian), hojaldrado [masculine] (Spanish), пласті́вча́стий (plastívčástyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-flaky-en-adj-ibvc8tzF Disambiguation of Personality: 81 10 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 41 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 55 34 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 38 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 40 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 49 41 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 53 41 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 52 43 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 42 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 52 40 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 45 47 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 49 38 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 52 43 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 51 41 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 50 42 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 39 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 52 43 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 56 40 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 50 42 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 50 42 8 Disambiguation of 'Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike': 89 10 1
  2. (informal, of a person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-flaky-en-adj-rJNSE3Ov Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 58 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 49 41 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 52 43 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 42 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 45 47 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 52 43 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 50 42 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 52 43 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 50 42 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 50 42 8
  3. (informal, of a thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-flaky-en-adj-tKmNuTo3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flakey Derived forms: flakily, flakiness, flaky pastry Related terms: cornflakey Translations (of a person: unreliable): malasidua (Esperanto), epäluotettava (Finnish), häilähtelevä (Finnish), ailahteleva (Finnish), lâcheur [masculine] (French), unzuverlässig (German), αλλοπρόσαλλος (alloprósallos) [masculine] (Greek), inaffidabile (Italian), strambo (Italian), недо́верлив (nedóverliv) (Macedonian), māhunga wai (Maori), postrzelony (Polish), ненадёжный (nenadjóžnyj) (Russian), ветреный (vetrenyj) (Russian), poco fiable (Spanish), непе́вний (nepévnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), легкова́жний (lehkovážnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), אומפֿאַרלאָזלעך (umfarlozlekh) (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'of a person: unreliable': 5 47 47

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cornflakey"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flakes",
          "flake"
        ],
        [
          "loose",
          "loose"
        ],
        [
          "masses",
          "masses"
        ],
        [
          "cleaving",
          "cleaving"
        ],
        [
          "flakes",
          "flakes"
        ],
        [
          "layers",
          "layers"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Joseph Itiel, A Consumer's Guide to Male Hustlers:",
          "text": "I have noticed that when hustlers upgrade themselves to models (as distinguished from models who have never hustled) they tend to continue being flaky about appointments. On my last trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, I was stood up twice.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Unreliable",
          "unreliable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, of a person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I cannot enjoy the online game because of my flaky Internet connection.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Unreliable",
          "unreliable"
        ],
        [
          "intermittent",
          "intermittent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, of a thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a thing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfleɪkiː/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-flaky.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/En-us-flaky.ogg/En-us-flaky.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/En-us-flaky.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪki"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "flakey"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ljuspest",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "люспест"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "vlokkig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "hiutalemainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "hilseilevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "flockig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "blättrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "schuppig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "aus Schichten bestehend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "exzentrisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lepioeidís",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λεπιοειδής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "folidoeidís",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φολιδοειδής"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xlopʹjevidnyj",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "хлопьевидный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hojaldrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "plastívčástyj",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пласті́вча́стий"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "malasidua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "epäluotettava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "häilähtelevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "ailahteleva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lâcheur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "unzuverlässig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alloprósallos",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αλλοπρόσαλλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "inaffidabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "strambo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nedóverliv",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "недо́верлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "māhunga wai"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "postrzelony"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenadjóžnyj",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "ненадёжный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vetrenyj",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "ветреный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "poco fiable"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nepévnyj",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "непе́вний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lehkovážnyj",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "легкова́жний"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "umfarlozlekh",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "אומפֿאַרלאָזלעך"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flaky"
}

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