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[ flak ] / flæk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flak ON THESAURUS.COM
nounantiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed. criticism; hostile reaction; abuse: Such an unpopular decision is bound to draw a lot of flak from the press. Origin of flak1935–40; <German Fl(ieger)a(bwehr)k(anone) antiaircraft gun, equivalent to Flieger aircraft (literally, flyer) + Abwehr defense + Kanone gun, cannon WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH flakflack, flak Words nearby flakFlaherty, flail, flail chest, flail joint, flair, flak, flake, flakeboard, flakelet, flake out, flake tool Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flakIt felt to me like a plane flying through the flak of an economy. F-111: Death-Dealing, Pop-Art Masterpiece|Nicolaus Mills|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST You fired off a tweet about ISIS recently that got you some flak. Bill Maher: 'Sorry J. Law, We're Going to Have to Look at Your Nipples…'|Marlow Stern|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST They looked younger now than when weighed down in camouflage, flak jackets and helmets. Shakeup In the Ukraine Rebel High Command|Jamie Dettmer|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST When NYC Prep premiered, it got a lot of flak for the sheer gall of its unreality. The Surreal Genius of Bravo’s Rich Kids Docudrama ‘NYC Prep’|Amy Zimmerman|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was bare armed under a protective jacket a jail official termed “a kind of flak jacket.” Ex-Cop’s Shooting of Texting Moviegoer Ends in Tragedy|Michael Daly|January 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Sim's ship had picked up a small piece of flak, but it had done no damage. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin|Al Avery Suddenly they realized that they were being covered by flak fired from a field ahead of them. A Yankee Flier in Italy|Rutherford G. Montgomery Flake′-white, the purest white-lead for painting, in the form of scales or plates; Flak′iness. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various There were flak towers, but they were too dangerous and we all flew around them. The Biography of a Rabbit|Roy Benson They laid their flak and their tracers on him in a deadly hail of screaming steel. A Yankee Flier in Italy|Rutherford G. Montgomery
British Dictionary definitions for flak
nounanti-aircraft fire or artillery informal a great deal of adverse criticism Word Origin for flakC20: from German Fl (ieger) a (bwehr) k (anone), literally: aircraft defence gun 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 flakopposition, knock, swipe, abuse, hostility, condemnation, censure, disparagement, disapprobation, disapproval, rap, pan, brickbat, fault-finding, bad press |