From Longman Business Dictionaryflack/flæk/(alsoflak)noun[countable]American Englishinformalapersonwhose job is to represent an organization andtalktonewspaperandtelevisionreporters, answering their questions about anegativestoryinvolvingthe organizationHe put a shield between himself and the press by hirin...
Definition of flack noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
You may also be familiar with another flack—a noun meaning "criticism" or "opposition." This unrelated homograph stems from a misspelling of flak, a German acronym and English word for antiaircraft guns.Examples of flack in a Sentence Recent Examples on the Web Examples are automatically ...
You may also be familiar with another flack—a noun meaning "criticism" or "opposition." This unrelated homograph stems from a misspelling of flak, a German acronym and English word for antiaircraft guns.Examples of flack in a Sentence Recent Examples on the Web Examples are automatically ...
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also in the sense now reserved to attack. The meaning "endeavor to bri blast Old English blæst "a blowing, a breeze, puff of wind," from Proto-Germanic *bles- (source also of Old Norse blastr, Old High German blast "a blowing, blast"), according to Watkins from PIE root *bhle...