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
flak (countable and uncountable, plural flaks)
Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells. [from 1938]
Synonyms: ack-ack, AAA, triple-A
Anti-aircraft shell fire. [from 1940]
Synonym: ack-ack
(figuratively, informal) Adverse criticism. [from 1963]
(informal) A public-relations spokesperson.
• KLFA, falk
Source: Wiktionary
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
