FLAK

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

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• KLFA, falk

Source: Wiktionary



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