flack
noun/flæk/
/flæk/
- (also flak)[uncountable] guns on the ground that are shooting at enemy aircraft; bullets from these guns
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- (also flak)[uncountable] (informal) severe criticism
- He's taken a lot of flack for his political views.
- She came in for a lot of flack from the press.
- [countable] (North American English, informal) a press agent (= a person whose job is to supply information and advertising material about a particular actor, musician, theatre, etc. to newspapers, radio or television)
Word Originsense 2 1940s: of unknown origin.
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