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flake3

Pronunciation: /fleɪk/

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Definition of flake

verb

[no object] (flake out) informal
  • fall asleep; drop from exhaustion: he got back in time to flake out until morning

Origin:

late 15th century (in the senses 'become languid' and (of a garment) 'fall in folds'): variant of obsolete flack and the verb flag4. The current sense dates from the 1940s

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