flak
or flack
antiaircraft 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 flak
1Words that may be confused with flak
- flack, flak
Words Nearby flak
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How to use flak in a sentence
It felt to me like a plane flying through the flak of an economy.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThey looked younger now than when weighed down in camouflage, flak jackets and helmets.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was bare armed under a protective jacket a jail official termed “a kind of flak jacket.”
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High Command in England thought the Germans might have come up with a new weapon as no flak or enemy fighters were seen.
The Biography of a Rabbit | Roy BensonIt was a tough mission because the flak was so heavy and the other defenses were greater because the factories were important.
The Biography of a Rabbit | Roy BensonAs one of the boys in the bomber crew had been hit in the knee by flak, he had it all wrapped up in bloody cloths.
The Biography of a Rabbit | Roy BensonI'll take you right down on top of them, and nuts to their flak fire.
Dave Dawson at Truk | Robert Sydney BowenStan went straight toward the hill, flying low to keep out of the flak.
A Yankee Flier Over Berlin | Al Avery
British Dictionary definitions for flak
flack
/ (flæk) /
anti-aircraft fire or artillery
informal a great deal of adverse criticism
Origin of flak
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