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