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FLAK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
Synonyms:
ack-ack; ack-ack gun; antiaircraft; antiaircraft gun; flack; flak; pom-pom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("flak" is a kind of...):
gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))
Meronyms (parts of "flak"):
predictor (a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flak"):
Bofors gun (an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Intense adverse criticism
Example:
don't give me any flak
Synonyms:
attack; blast; fire; flack; flak
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("flak" is a kind of...):
criticism; unfavorable judgment (disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
Synonyms:
flack; flack catcher; flak; flak catcher
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flak" is a kind of...):
interpreter; representative; spokesperson; voice (an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose)
