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flack
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Noun flack has 3 senses
- flack(n = noun.person) flack catcher, flak, flak catcher - a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer; Array is a kind of interpreter, representative, spokesperson, voice
- flack(n = noun.communication) attack, blast, fire, flak - intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" is a kind of criticism, unfavorable judgment
- flack(n = noun.artifact) ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, pom-pom - artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes; Array has particulars: bofors gun
is a kind of gun
has parts: predictor
THESAURUS
flack
advocacy, advocating, antiaircraft fire, bruiting, buildup, cross fire, curtain fire, direct fire, drumbeating, dry fire, file fire, fire, fire of demolition, firepower, fireworks, firing, flak, ground fire, gunfight, gunfire, gunplay, high-angle fire, horizontal fire, interdiction fire, machine-gun fire, mortar fire, musketry, percussion fire, pistol fire, promoting, promotion, publicization, publicizing, raking fire, rapid fire, ricochet fire, rifle fire, shellfire, shoot-out, shooting, time fire, vertical fire, zone fire
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