Definitions for flaky
ˈfleɪ kiflaky

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flaky, flakeyadjective

   made of or resembling flakes

   "flaky soap"

2. flaky, flakeyadjective

   made of or easily forming flakes

3. bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outreadjective

   conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

   "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flakyadjective

   prone to strange or erratic behavior; -- of persons.

2. Flakyadjective

   odd, unpredictable or unconventional; offbeat; whacky; -- of behavior.

3. Flakyadjective

   unpredictable, erratic, or unreliable; -- of machinery, especially electronic devices.

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. flakyadjective

   Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

2. flakyadjective

   Unreliable; prone to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.

   Some of his friends were flaky.

3. flakyadjective

   Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; prone to cease functioning properly.

4. flakyadjective

   eccentric; scatterbrained

5. Etymology: flake + -y

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flakyadjective

   Etymology: from flake.

   1. Loosely hanging together.

   The silent hour steals on,
   And flaky darkness breaks within the East. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   The trumpet roars, long flaky flames expire,
   With sparks that seem to set the world on fire. Alexander Pope.

   Hence, when the snows in Winter cease to weep,
   And undissolv’d their flaky texture keep,
   The banks with ease their humble streams contain,
   Which swell in Summer, and those banks disdain. Richard Blackmore.

   2. Lying in layers or strata; broken into laminæ.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flaky

   Happy Tree Friends is an American adult animated web series created by Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo, and Kenn Navarro, and developed by Montijo, Navarro, and Jeremy Viet Duong for Mondo Media. The show has achieved a cult following on Mondo Media, G4 and YouTube. Montijo, Navarro, Graff, Ankrum serving as showrunners. Being an adult show disguised as a children's show, the series features cartoon anthropomorphic forest animals. The show is best known for its episodes starting out peacefully with the animals living life as normal, but a sudden event unintentionally (sometimes intentionally) caused by another animal leads to many of the characters being subjected to very extreme and cruel graphic violence. Each episode revolves around the characters enduring accidental or deliberately inflicted pain, murder or mutilation.

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1. flaky

   Flaky is an adjective used to describe something or someone that is unreliable, inconsistent, or unpredictable. This term is often used to describe a person who frequently cancels plans or does not follow through with commitments. Additionally, it can also be used to describe an object or material that easily breaks or crumbles into small pieces or flakes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flakyadjective

   consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flaky

   (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.

How to pronounce flaky?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say flaky in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of flaky in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of flaky in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of flaky in a Sentence

1. Ruben Mendoza:

   Suddenly, all of my ancestors channeled me in this area. I'm a scientist, and I now that sounds flaky, but it was so powerful, and I fell to my knees and made the sign of the cross, i had an adversarial relationship with Serra which went unspoken up until that moment.

2. Erika Katz:

   The tea tree oil is going to calm down the scalp and relieve some of that painful itching and burning. It's a wonderful way to just get rid of an itchy, flaky scalp.

3. Ed Costelloe:

   Boris is a flawed character and flaky but most politicians are underneath, it would be lovely to have Mother Theresa as prime minister, but it ain't going to happen.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=flaky
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=flaky
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flaky
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=flaky
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaky
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flaky
8. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Flaky