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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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