Answer: flaked

AnswerCrossword Clue
FLAKED

In thin, flat pieces, as fish

FLAKED

Peeled off

FLAKED

Peeled off, in a way

FLAKED
Chipped off.
FLAKED
Scaled off.
FLAKEDChipped.
FLAKEDChipped
FLAKEDPeeled perhaps
FLAKEDFailed to follow through, in slang