flaked

Verb

flake (third-person singular simple present flakes, present participle flaking, simple past and past participle flaked)

1. To break or chip off in a flake.
   • The paint flaked off after only a year.

   Synonyms:

   fleak

2. (colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
   • He said he'd come and help, but he flaked.
3. To store an item such as rope or sail in layers
   • The line is flaked into the container for easy attachment and deployment.
4. (Ireland, slang) To hit (another person).
5. (US, slang) To plant evidence to facilitate a corrupt arrest.
   • When police decided to score gamblers, they would most often flake people with gambling slips, then demand $25 or $50 for not arresting them. Other times, they would simply threaten a flake and demand money.1973, Knapp Commission, New York, The Knapp Commission Report on Police Corruption, page 83
6. To lay out on a flake for drying.
   • flake a fish

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