FLACK

antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom-pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun

(noun) artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

fire, attack, flak, flack, blast

(noun) intense adverse criticism; “Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party”; “the government has come under attack”; “don’t give me any flak”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Flack

A surname.

Anagrams

• Falck

Etymology 1

Verb

flack (third-person singular simple present flacks, present participle flacking, simple past and past participle flacked)

(intransitive, obsolete) To flutter; palpitate.

(intransitive, UK dialectal) To hang loosely; flag.

(transitive, UK dialectal) To beat by flapping.

Etymology 2

Noun

flack (plural flacks)

(North America) A publicist, a publicity agent.

Verb

flack (third-person singular simple present flacks, present participle flacking, simple past and past participle flacked)

(North America) To publicise, to promote.

Etymology 3

Noun

flack (countable and uncountable, plural flacks)

Alternative spelling of flak.

Anagrams

• Falck

Source: Wiktionary



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