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flake 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: From a Scandinavian language; related to Norwegian flak 'disk']
a small thin piece that breaks away easily from something else
flake of
::flakes of snow
::chocolate flakes
-see also snowflake
AmE informal someone who seems strange or who often forgets things
-synonym space cadet space cadet