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flack
flack 1 F0157800 (flăk) Informal n. A press agent; a publicist.v. flacked, flack·ing, flacks v.intr. To act as a press agent: flacking for a movie studio.v.tr. To act as a press agent for; promote: authors who tour the country flacking their books.
[Perhaps after Gene Flack, a movie press agent in the 1920s and 1930s.]
flack′er·y n.
flack 2 F0157800 (flăk)n. Variant of flak.flack (flæk) n (Marketing) chiefly US and Canadian a press or publicity agent[C20: of unknown origin]
flack (flæk) n (Military) a variant spelling of flakflack1 (flæk)
Slang.
n. 1. press agent. 2. Also, flack′er•y. publicity. v.i. 3. to serve as a publicist. [1935–40, Amer.; said to be after Gene Flack, a movie press agent] flack2 (flæk)
n. flak. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | flack - a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employerflack catcher, flak, flak catcherspokesperson, representative, interpreter, voice - an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government" | | 2. | flack - intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"flak, attack, blast, firecriticism, unfavorable judgment - disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent" | | 3. |  flack - artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanesack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, pom-pom, flakBofors gun - an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gungun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)predictor - a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival |
Translationsflack
flack1. verb To work in public relations. Flacking for an A-list actress is exhausting, let me tell you.2. noun Someone who works in public relations. I'll have my flack put out a statement—hopefully, that will quash some of these rumors.3. noun Publicity or attention. I doubt that trailer will generate a lot flack—it makes the movie look pretty dull.flakCriticism or judgment. It is a shortening of the German word Fliegerabwehrkanone, meaning "anti-aircraft gun." Come on, I'm trying my best—stop giving me so much flak.flack out and flake outSl. to collapse with exhaustion; to lie down because of exhaustion. All the hikers flacked out when they reached the campsite. After a few hours, the hikers all flaked out.See also: flack, outflack (out) in. to collapse in exhaustion; to go to sleep. Betsy flacked out at nine every night. See also: flack, outflack verbSee flack outflak and flack (flæk)1. n. complaints; criticism; negative feedback. (Originally referred to antiaircraft guns and the explosions and damage they caused. The first form is an initialism from German Fliegerabwehrkanonen = flyer defense cannons. I.e., the initial fl plus the first a plus the k.) Why do I have to get all the flak for what you did? 2. n. publicity; hype. Who is going to believe this flack about being first-rate? 3. n. a public relations agent or officer. The flak made an announcement and then disappeared. flack verbSee flakEncyclopediaSeeflakflack
Related to flack: slackSynonyms for flacknoun a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employerSynonyms- flack catcher
- flak
- flak catcher
Related Words- spokesperson
- representative
- interpreter
- voice
noun intense adverse criticismSynonymsRelated Words- criticism
- unfavorable judgment
noun artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanesSynonyms- ack-ack
- ack-ack gun
- antiaircraft
- antiaircraft gun
- pom-pom
- flak
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