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
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
