noun
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Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
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A trick; a swindle.
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A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
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One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
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A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
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There were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were painting the walls.
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A scale of a fish or similar animal
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A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.
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A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
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She makes pleasant conversation, but she's kind of a flake when it comes time for action.
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A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
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A flat turn or tier of rope.
verb
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To break or chip off in a flake.
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The paint flaked off after only a year.
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To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
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He said he'd come and help, but he flaked.
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To store an item such as rope or sail in layers
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The line is flaked into the container for easy attachment and deployment.
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To hit (another person).
noun
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A paling; a hurdle.
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A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
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A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc.