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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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