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flaker

UK/ˈfleɪkə/US/ˈfleɪkɚ/

noun

A tool or appliance used to break flakes off a piece of material or something into it.

Scrabble 13

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Meanings

nounflaker (plural flakers)

plural flakers

kitchenarchaeologyA tool or appliance used to break flakes off a piece of material or something into it.
slangSomeone who fails to meet commitments, who shows interest but then fails to follow through.

Origin

From flake + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with flaker

maker baker breaker shaker quaker taker laker sacre nacre faker Dacre braker awaker flymaker mistaker organmaker salt shaker Sitarmaker

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Cite this entry

APA

flaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flaker

MLA

“flaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flaker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flaker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flaker.

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