flak English

Meaning flak meaning

What does flak mean?

flak

— noun (= flak catcher) a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer

— noun (= fire, attack) intense adverse criticism Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party the government has come under attack don't give me any flak

— noun (= antiaircraft) artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

Synonyms flak synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as flak?

flak English » English

flack

fire

blast

attack

antiaircraft gun

ack-ack gun

ack-ack

resistance

pom-pom

opposition

flak catcher

flack catcher

criticism

antiaircraft fire

antiaircraft

anti-aircraft fire

spokesperson

review

remonstrance

reflection

rap

publicist

press agent

notice

gunfire

grading

exception

dissent

disheartenment

diatribe

commentary

castigation

battering

barrage

backlash

anti-aircraft gun

Topics flak topics

What do people use flak to talk about?

Language and thought Communication Say

Criticize

• What words refer to being criticized by someone else?
  receive criticism come in for criticism be under attack come under attack get a lot of flak take a lot of flak be open to criticism

Examples flak examples

How do I use flak in a sentence?

Simple sentences

She took a lot of flak.

If you try to defend the seniority-based corporate escalator these days all you'll get is flak from younger employees.

Movie subtitles

She's taken a lot of flak for giving a preventative double mastectomy to a woman in her 20s.

Flak or fighters?

Where is the heaviest concentration of flak?

Martin, take your jets in to suppress flak.

Commencing flak-suppression run.

Flak damage. Losing fuel rapidly.

Yes, he'll have to deal with the flak guns.

There's a great deal of flak around there.

I'll fly across the dam to draw the flak off you.

Let me know when you're out of the flak.

Let me know when you're in position and I'll draw the flak for you.

Come in on his starboard side and help me draw the flak.

There's no flak, but watch those hills.

The flak was bad, worse than I expected.

Flak or fighters? - Fighters.

Flak damage.

If he hadn't, our fighter and the flak would.

No, I ate my flak at Bougainville.

An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed- not to return on this day or any other day.

Slight wing damage from ordinary flak.

We were flying reconnaissance. Caught a bit of flak, I'm afraid.

He's wounded. Yeah, it must have been the flak when they brought the plane down.

Got caught in a burst of flak, sir.

Oh, that's nothing. Luftwaffe pilots have worn these flak vests from the beginning.

We've already given London the locations of the flak batteries.

Can't see anything. No flak.

Intelligence reports indicate you shouldn't have to worry about flak.

Afterwards we get the flak.

Want the flak from the affiliates?

Flak jackets for everybody.

Either we pull out now or we go through heavy flak together.

Perhaps flak will be less Bigeard assures us.

Nik flak flarnee kloundo floo.

Flak gun, 20 millimeter.

Trees are flak, antiaircraft fire. from the geeks on the ground.

This is Berlin's 1st Flak Division. Where?

I'm sorry if you're taking flak.

Rabbit, Trigger, stand by the flak gun. - Sir.