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Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.

A trick; a swindle.

A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

Example: There were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were painting the walls.

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.

Example: She makes pleasant conversation, but she's kind of a flake when it comes time for action.

To break or chip off in a flake.

Example: The paint flaked off after only a year.

To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.

Example: He said he'd come and help, but he flaked.

To store an item such as rope or sail in layers

Example: The line is flaked into the container for easy attachment and deployment.

To hit (another person).

A paling; a hurdle.

A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.

A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc.