flakeflake1 /fleɪk/ verb [intransitive] 
to break or come off in small thin pieces: 
The paint on the door was flaking off.flake out phrasal verb spoken to do something strange or to not do what you said you were going to do: Kathy kind of flaked out on us today.
to break or come off in small thin pieces: The paint on the door was flaking off.flake out phrasal verb spoken to do something strange or to not do what you said you were going to do: Kathy kind of flaked out on us today.
