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[ flak ] / flæk / Slang.SEE SYNONYMS FOR flack ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object)to serve as a press agent or publicist: to flack for a new rock group. verb (used with object)to promote; publicize: to flack a new record. Origin of flack11935–40; said to be after Gene Flack, a movie publicity agent WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH flackflack , flakWords nearby flackflabby, flabellate, flabelli-, flabellum, flaccid, flack, flackery, flacon, flag, flag captain, flag day Definition for flack (2 of 2)[ flak ] / flæk /
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flackTwo years later, she got flack for another Castro ad that featured Gadot twerking in a pair of jeans. Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman: A Hamas-Bashing, Ex-IDF Soldier and Former Miss Israel|Marlow Stern|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Republicans in Hollywood seem to get a lot of flack and be a bit marginalized. Robert Duvall on His Storied Career, His New Movie, and Why He’s Ditching the GOP|Marlow Stern|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST While King got some flack from PETA for the killing, he also got considerable support from the NRA. Ranger Rick and the Coyote|Carol Flake Chapman|September 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST DB: Did you get any flack from folks who wear WWJD bracelets? Jeff Jarvis Asks: Is Google an Evil Empire?|Dave Kansas|January 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
And you also got a lot of flack for those pictures of you posing as a Nazi. Sandra Bullock's Ex Jesse James Opens Up|Marlow Stern|May 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST Without Mr. Flack, at the cafes, he felt too much a non-consumer. The Reverberator|Henry James Flack smiled, went out and returned with his license to sell liquor, and his commission as a magistrate of New York State. Rolf In The Woods|Ernest Thompson Seton "Well now that's what I call a genuine fact, the sort I was talking about," Mr. Flack replied. The Reverberator|Henry James Admiral Flack shot a look of pure triumph at General Criswell. If at First You Don't...|John Brudy "Watch your mouth, Criswell," advised Admiral Flack, tightlipped. If at First You Don't...|John Brudy
British Dictionary definitions for flack (1 of 2)
nounmainly US and Canadian a press or publicity agent Word Origin for flackC20: of unknown origin British Dictionary definitions for flack (2 of 2)
nouna variant spelling of flak Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to flackhardship, objection, sorrow, resentment, grief, injustice, outrage, unhappiness, entanglement, squabble, brouhaha, quandary, spat, stink, distress, damage, holler, rap, affliction, bellyache |