pick

jake flake

jake flake {n.}, {slang}

A boring person whose company is usually not wanted.

Please don't invite Turner, he is a jake flake.

Categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

'jake flake' on video

Subscribe to: American Idioms

English Slang

✉

Get site updates @:

See as well

flakeball

[flakeball] or [flake] {n.}, {slang}, {drug culture} A disjointed, or "flaky" person, who is forgetful and incoherent, as if under the influence of narcotics. * /Hermione is a regular flakeball./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

push off

[push off] or [shove off] {v.} 1. To push a boat away from the shore. * /Before Tom could reach the boat, Jake had shoved off./ 2. {slang} To start; […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

scare away

[scare away] or [off] {v. phr.} To cause to flee; frighten away. * /Jake is a confirmed bachelor; the best way to scare him off is to start talking about […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

do a stretch

[do a stretch] {v. phr.} To spend time in jail serving one's sentence. * /Jake has disappeared from view for a while; he is doing a stretch for dope smuggling./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Recent updates:

blow one's cool

[blow one's cool] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To lose your composure or self-control. * /Whatever you say to the judge in […]

put off

[put off] {v.} 1. {informal} To cause confusion in; embarrass; displease. * /I was rather put off by the shamelessness of […]

Nicholas von Hoffman

U.S. columnist We are the people our parents warned us against.

get-together

[get-together] {n.} A party; a gathering. * /I hate to break up this nice get-together but we must leave./ * /We manage to […]

grasp at straws

[grasp at straws] or [clutch at straws] {v. phr.} To depend on something that is useless or unable to help in a time of […]

Alexandre Dumas

The bonds of wedlock are so heavy that it takes two to carry them--sometimes three.