FLAKY


Meaning of FLAKY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fleɪki ]

1.

Something that is flaky breaks easily into small thin pieces or tends to come off in small thin pieces.

...a small patch of red, flaky skin.

ADJ

2.

If you describe an idea, argument, or person as flaky , you mean that they are rather eccentric and unreliable. ( INFORMAL )

He wondered if the idea wasn’t just a little too flaky, a little too outlandish.

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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