About The Word Flak

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Flak

Flak Meaning & Definition
Flak Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flak?

[n] artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
[n] intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
[n] a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flak: ack-ack | ack-ack gun | antiaircraft | antiaircraft gun | attack | blast | fire | flack | flack | flack | flack catcher | flak catcher | pom-pom

Related Terms | Find terms related to Flak: abuse | adverse criticism | aggressiveness | animadversion | antiaircraft fire | artillery | aspersion | bad notices | bad press | battery | bellicosity | belligerence | bickering | blame | cannon | cannonry | captiousness | carping | cavil | caviling | censoriousness | censure | coast artillery | combativeness | complaints | condemnation | contentiousness | criticism | cross fire | curtain fire | direct fire | disapprobation | disapproval | dissension | dissent | dissidence | dry fire | exception | faction | factiousness | faultfinding | field artillery | file fire | fire | fire of demolition | firepower | fireworks | firing | flack | ground fire | gunfight | gunfire | gunplay | hairsplitting | heavy field artillery | high-angle fire | hit | home thrust | horizontal fire | hostile criticism | hypercriticalness | hypercriticism | imputation | infighting | interdiction fire | irascibility | irritability | knock | litigiousness | machine-gun fire | mortar fire | musketry | nagging | niggle | niggling | nit | nit-picking | obloquy | ordnance | overcriticalness | partisan spirit | partisanship | percussion fire | pestering | pettifogging | pistol fire | priggishness | pugnacity | quarrelsomeness | quibble | quibbling | raking fire | rap | rapid fire | reflection | reproachfulness | ricochet fire | rifle fire | shellfire | shooting | shoot-out | shrewishness | siege artillery | siege engine | slam | stricture | swipe | taking exception | time fire | trench artillery | trichoschistism | vertical fire | zone fire

See Also | Bofors gun | criticism | gun | interpreter | predictor | representative | spokesperson | unfavorable judgment | voice

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