Flaky vs Flay - What's the difference?
flaky | flay |
Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
(informal, of a, person) Unreliable; prone to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
(informal, of a, thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; prone to cease functioning properly.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 16, author=Ben Dirs, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan, work=BBC Sport
, passage=Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.}}
To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
To frighten; scare; terrify.
To be fear-stricken.
A fright; a scare.
Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.
to strip skin off
to lash
As an adjective flaky
is consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.As a verb flay is
to cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening) or flay can be to strip skin off.As a noun flay is
a fright; a scare.flaky
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Alternative forms
* flakeyAdjective
(er)- Some of his friends were flaky .
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- I cannot enjoy the online game because of my flaky Internet connection.