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flaky

/ˈfleɪki/

flaky adjective: consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

Adjective

flaky (comparative flakier, superlative flakiest)

  1. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
  2. (informal) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
    • 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.2014, Joseph Itiel, A Consumer's Guide to Male Hustlers
  3. (informal) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.
    • I cannot enjoy the online game because of my flaky Internet connection.
    • 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.2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport

flaky meaning in Urdu and Malayalam

flaky in Urdu

پرا دار

flaky in Malayalam

flaking, peeling, scaly
പാളികളായി ഉരിഞ്ഞുവരുന്ന, പൊളിഞ്ഞു വരുന്ന, പാളി അടർന്നുവീഴുന്ന, വെടിച്ചുകീറുന്ന, പാളി അടരുന്ന, പൊള്ളിക്കുമളച്ച

Examples of flaky in a sentence

  • This dish is a Southern classic, known for its flaky crust and savory filling.
  • Franzbrötchen, a flaky, buttery cross between croissant and squashed cinnamon rolls, are native to Hamburg.
  • The catfish fillet is hot and flaky inside, a hot blobular doughnut.

All 23 example sentences with flaky

Forms of flaky

comparativeflakier
superlativeflakiest
alternative formflakey

Origin of flaky

From flake + -y.

Words formed from flaky

Phrases with flaky

Words that rhyme with flaky

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about flaky

What does flaky mean?
Flaky means consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
What is flaky in Urdu?
Flaky in Urdu is پرا دار. See Flaky meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is flaky?
Flaky is an adjective.
How do you pronounce flaky?
Flaky is pronounced /ˈfleɪki/.

Words near flaky in the dictionary

  1. flaking off
  2. flaking out
  3. flakings
  4. flakka
  5. flaks
  6. flaky
  7. flaky pastries
  8. flaky pastry
  9. flam
  10. flam paradiddle
  11. flam paradiddles

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: flaky (page history and authors); flaky (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flaky (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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