tʃɪp ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk ɛkˈsɛntɹɪk flɛk ˈɑːdˌbɔl ˈsnəʊ.fleɪk ˈsnoʊ.fleɪk come off in flakes or thin small pieces The paint in my house is peeling off cover with flakes or as if with flakes form into flakes The substances started to flake a small fragment of something broken off from the whole a bit of rock caught him in the eye a person with an unusual or odd personality a crystal of snow