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Meaning of "flake out" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLAKE OUT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLAKE OUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flake out is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb flake out in English.

WHAT DOES FLAKE OUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of flake out in the English dictionary

The definition of flake out in the dictionary is to collapse or fall asleep as through extreme exhaustion.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLAKE OUT

PRESENT

Present
I flake out
you flake out
he/she/it flakes out
we flake out
you flake out
they flake out
Present continuous
I am flaking out
you are flaking out
he/she/it is flaking out
we are flaking out
you are flaking out
they are flaking out
Present perfect
I have flaked out
you have flaked out
he/she/it has flaked out
we have flaked out
you have flaked out
they have flaked out
Present perfect continuous
I have been flaking out
you have been flaking out
he/she/it has been flaking out
we have been flaking out
you have been flaking out
they have been flaking out
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I flaked out
you flaked out
he/she/it flaked out
we flaked out
you flaked out
they flaked out
Past continuous
I was flaking out
you were flaking out
he/she/it was flaking out
we were flaking out
you were flaking out
they were flaking out
Past perfect
I had flaked out
you had flaked out
he/she/it had flaked out
we had flaked out
you had flaked out
they had flaked out
Past perfect continuous
I had been flaking out
you had been flaking out
he/she/it had been flaking out
we had been flaking out
you had been flaking out
they had been flaking out
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will flake out
you will flake out
he/she/it will flake out
we will flake out
you will flake out
they will flake out
Future continuous
I will be flaking out
you will be flaking out
he/she/it will be flaking out
we will be flaking out
you will be flaking out
they will be flaking out
Future perfect
I will have flaked out
you will have flaked out
he/she/it will have flaked out
we will have flaked out
you will have flaked out
they will have flaked out
Future perfect continuous
I will have been flaking out
you will have been flaking out
he/she/it will have been flaking out
we will have been flaking out
you will have been flaking out
they will have been flaking out
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would flake out
you would flake out
he/she/it would flake out
we would flake out
you would flake out
they would flake out
Conditional continuous
I would be flaking out
you would be flaking out
he/she/it would be flaking out
we would be flaking out
you would be flaking out
they would be flaking out
Conditional perfect
I would have flake out
you would have flake out
he/she/it would have flake out
we would have flake out
you would have flake out
they would have flake out
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been flaking out
you would have been flaking out
he/she/it would have been flaking out
we would have been flaking out
you would have been flaking out
they would have been flaking out
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you flake out
we let´s flake out
you flake out
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to flake out
Past participle
flaked out
Present Participle
flaking out
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLAKE OUT

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WORDS THAT END LIKE FLAKE OUT

check out
close out
come out
figure out
freeze out
give out
gone out
include out
inside out
leave out
live out
lose out
make out
move out
nose out
rule out
score out
strike out
take out
time out
wipe out

Synonyms and antonyms of flake out in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FLAKE OUT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flake out» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of flake out

Translation of «flake out» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLAKE OUT

Find out the translation of flake out to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flake out from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flake out» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

剥落了
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escamas cabo
570 millions of speakers

English

flake out
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाहर परत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقشر من
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отслаиваться из
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

floco fora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আউট flake
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

s´écailler sur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengelupas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

flocke aus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アウトフレーク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사라져
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flake metu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

flake ra ngoài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Flake out
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फिकट करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yorgunluktan çökmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sfaldarsi fuori
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łuszczy się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відшаровуватися з
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sforait
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νιφάδα έξω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vlok uit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flake
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skalle ut
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flake out

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLAKE OUT»

The term «flake out» is normally little used and occupies the 122.832 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLAKE OUT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flake out» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flake out» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flake out

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QUOTES WITH «FLAKE OUT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word flake out.
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Matt Mickiewicz
Don't drag candidates through weeks of endless interviews. Don't flake out on interviews. At DeveloperAuction, we often have offer letters prepared in advance, so we can hand them to great candidates as they are leaving the office.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLAKE OUT»

Discover the use of flake out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flake out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and ...
331, 1978 2 to fall asleep; to pass out US, 1955 Often used as the variant “flake out.” • Q: What will you do until then? A: I'm gonna flake out. Q: What? A: Pat the pad, sack out, lay in the sun — Max Shulman, Guided Tour of Campus Humor, p.
Tom Dalzell, 2008
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
Often used as the variant 'flake out' US, 1955 flake artist noun a police officer inclined to plant evidence on a suspected criminal US, 1973 flaked adjective unconscious. A shortening of FLAKED OUT US, 1959 flaked out adjective exhausted, ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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The Practice of Macro Social Work
deficiency may act out, try to get out, opt out, flake out, or cop out. ACt Out People who have been forced to live in deprived conditions sometimes develop harmful behaviors that allow them to survive. Some may act out their pain, turning to a ...
William Brueggemann, 2013
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Speaking Spanish Like a Native
Back out, Flake out Some people are just no good at honoring their commitments. It happens all the time, whether intentional or not, and that's why this phrase is an absolute must-know. Rajarse or echarsepara atrds = To back out (flake out).
Brad Kim, Erika Domínguez, 2005
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
to flake out Klappe: in die Klappe gehen • Klappe: in die Klappe kriechen ♢ Klappe: sich in die Klappe hauen * machen: schlapp machen ♢ Matratzen ball: auf den Matratzenball gehen * Ma t ra tze nh orchdienst : sich abmelden zum ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
6
Chi Town
Flake-Out. at. the. Skin-Flicks. It was one of those October/April mornings in Chicago: rainy, windy, gray, cold, where the only warmth in the air seemed to hang in the tempting colored lights of theater marquees. Under such circumstances, a ...
Norbert Blei, 1990
7
Fireground Strategies
It has been a well established procedure to flake out the excess hose on the stairwell above the fire floor to quicldy stretch into the fire floor once the stairwell door is opened. This may be an acceptable tactic when the hallway is clear, but it can ...
Anthony Avillo, 2008
8
Desert Mystery
How about that 'flake out'? I saw that in a navy magazine.” “Anna, it sounds as if you know your motor homes and RV's. Anna is right. I think one bed room with two beds for us old geezers will work out fine. I doubt that we will need even that.
Robert H. Sanders, 2008
9
German/English Dictionary of Idioms
Und du wirst deinen jüngeren Bruder nicht gleich schlagen, Gerhard, und schon gar nicht ins Gesicht! in die Klappe gehen sa] — in die Falle gehen (1) - to hit the haylthe sack, to get one's head down, to flake out die/seine Klappe halten sal ...
Hans Schemann, 2013
10
Chambers Idioms
... be represented at the conference, someone from this firm should go to show the flag. flake flake out (inf) to collapse from tiredness or illness: / rush about so much during the day that I just flake out in the evenings. flash a flash in the pan a  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLAKE OUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flake out is used in the context of the following news items.
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How Saying 'No Thank You' Pushed Me To Live The Life I Always …
There's no option to flake out, text you're running late or switch spots. I learned to rely on good old-fashioned maps and a belief people would ... «Elite Daily, Jul 15»
2
Is Bungie's Destiny falling apart? Part 3: A structural weakness
Sure, if the person is on a LFG site to begin with, it might indicate that they are willing to go the extra step and not flake out once they join the ... «Load The Game, Jul 15»
3
Rihanna's self-indulgent video is not clever. It's pure misogyny
... on the beach, dressed head to toe in black, larded with factor 50, thunderously glaring, as though someone had stolen the flake out of her 99. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Kellogg's Rewards Program Doesn't Flake Out on Digital
The CPG company revamped its rewards program by using new technology to simplify the member experience. Americans hold 3.3 billion ... «Direct Marketing News, Jul 15»
5
The RSVP hazard: Yes, No, Maybe
... by SundayLife! say that e-invites simply lack the personal touch that individual invitations possess and are, therefore, an excuse to flake out. «AsiaOne, Jun 15»
6
Tips on how to exercise and keep healthy during Ramadan
Al Tamimi fights the urge to flake out just before iftar, and instead does a full hour of cardio training. “I don't do bodybuilding then because for ... «The National, Jun 15»
7
Taylor Swift Nails the Most Important Part of Friendship We Often …
"Technology makes it so much easier to flake out," Andrea Bonior, clinical psychologist and author of The Friendship Fix, previously told Mic. «Mic, Jun 15»
8
How a Canadian company hopes to smoke the edible marijuana …
She predicts that newbies like Posner are going to find that people flake out, suppliers text you at midnight, “that kind of thing.” Posner may not ... «Yahoo Canada Finance - Insight, Jun 15»
9
An illustrator's guide to The Art of War
But she has an asterisk with this rule, for brunch with friends: “You have to treat some things with sacredness. You can't flake out on people.” 3. «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
10
Malicious iMessage bug causes iPhones to flake out
A new bug in iOS is causing people's iPhones to crash every time they receive a message containing a certain combination of unusual ... «Recombu, May 15»

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