flaking

3 definitions • 5 examples

present participle of

to come off a surface in small, thin pieces:

flake off Patches of skin are starting to flake off.

The paint was flaking, revealing bricks underneath.

to not do what you are expected or have promised to do:

An hour before the date I hadn't heard anything from him about where to meet and assumed he'd flaked.

flake on She excelled at college, never missing a deadline or flaking on a project.

Don't flake on me now — I need you to be there!