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s | flaky |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective flaky is

consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

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    flaky

    English

    Alternative forms

    * flakey

    Adjective

    (er)
  • 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.
    • Some of his friends were flaky .
  • (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 citation
    • , 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.}}
    I cannot enjoy the online game because of my flaky Internet connection.