flake out

Questions about flake out

What does flake out mean?

flake out means "change from a waking to a sleeping state".

What is another word for flake out?

Close synonyms include fall asleep, dope off, drift off, nod off, drop off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flake out a common word?

flake out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.