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Flack

noun

A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer. Synonyms: flack catcher, flak, flak catcher.

Intense adverse criticism. Synonyms: attack, blast, fire, flak. "The government has come under attack" , "Don't give me any flak"

Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes. Synonyms: ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, pom-pom.

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"Flack" Quotes from Famous Books

... Another five miles they marched and halted for tea. Then all the men became very silent—and while they rested they talked in whispers as they watched the awful sky. When it grew dark the flick-flack of lightening played across the sky and it showed the men's faces white and drawn. Presently Tim's Company lieutenant came up with the news that they would not be able to rest until morning as they had anticipated. ...

— War and the Weird • Forbes Phillips

... Dysart—unless on account of his connections with that Yo Espero crowd—what's their names?—Skelton! Oh, yes, James Skelton—and Emanuel Klawber with his thirty millions and his string of banks and trusts and mines; and that plunger, Max Moebus, and old Amos Flack—Flack the hack stalking-horse of every bull-market, who laid down on his own brokers and has done everybody's dirty work ever since. How on earth, Mallett, do you suppose Jack Dysart ever got himself mixed up with such a lot of skyrockets ...

— The Danger Mark • Robert W. Chambers

Words linked to "Flack" : interpreter, gun, spokesperson, criticism, representative, voice, ack-ack gun, Bofors gun, unfavorable judgment, predictor