Flake meaning : A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything A scale of a fish or similar animal A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone. A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living. A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes. A flat turn or tier of rope. To break or chip off in a flake. To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through. To store an item such as rope or sail in layers To hit (another person).