flaky (redirected from flakier)

flak·y also flak·ey  (flk)

adj. flak·i·er, flak·i·est

1. Made of or resembling flakes.

2. Forming or tending to form flakes or thin, crisp fragments: flaky pastry.

3. Slang Somewhat eccentric; odd: "that slightly flakey quality, in joy as well as in grief, that prepares us subtly for the mad scenes to come" (Village Voice).

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flaki·ly adv.

flaki·ness n.

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flaky [ˈfleɪkɪ]

adj flakier, flakiest

1. like or made of flakes

2. tending to peel off or break easily into flakes

3. Also flakey US slang eccentric; crazy

flakily  adv

flakiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	flaky - made of or resembling flakes; "flaky soap" flakey
	2.	flaky - made of or easily forming flakes flakey tender - easy to cut or chew; "tender beef"
	3.	flaky - 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" bizarre, eccentric, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre, freaky, flakey, freakish unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles"

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flaky flakey

adjective peeling, cracking, blistering, desquamative remove the dry, flaky skin

Translations

flaky [ˈfleɪkɪ]

A. ADJ (flakier (compar) (flakiest (superl)))

1. [paintwork] → desconchado; [skin] → escamoso

2. [idea] → descabellado; [person] → raro

B. CPD flaky pastry N (Culin) → hojaldre m

flaky [ˈfleɪki] adj

[paintwork] → écaillé(e)

[skin] → desquamé(e)
flaky pastry n → pâte f feuilletée

flaky

adj (+er)

potatoes → flockig; paint, plaster etc → brüchig; crust → blättrig; skin → schuppig

(esp US: = mad, eccentric) → verrückt

flaky [ˈfleɪkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (paintwork) → scrostato/a; (skin) → squamoso/a

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flaky [ˈfleɪkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (paintwork) → scrostato/a; (skin) → squamoso/a