flak meaning

Noun: flak  flak

1. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
   - flak catcher, flack catcher, flack 
2. Intense adverse criticism
   "don't give me any flak"
   - fire, attack, flack, blast 
3. Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
   - antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flack, pom-pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun

Derived forms: flaks

Type of: criticism, gun, interpreter, representative, spokesperson, unfavorable judgment [US], unfavourable judgment [Brit, Cdn], voice

Encyclopedia: Flak

[American slang]
1. n. publicity; hype.
• Who is going to believe this flack about being first-rate?
• It's all flak and no substance.

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1. heavy flak was everywhere! he had been lulled, lured and trapped.
2. you should have somebody beside you to take some of the flak
3. he took a lot of flak for his stand against abortion
4. wehrmacht flak 88 health increased from 200 to 325
5. the index will run into some flak