Flack

Word FLACK
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /flæk/

Definitions and meanings of "Flack"

What do we mean by flack?

A press agent; a publicist. noun

To act as a press agent. intransitive verb

To act as a press agent for; promote. intransitive verb

To flutter; palpitate.

To hang loosely; flag.

To beat by flapping.

A blow; a stroke. noun

To flutter; palpitate. verb

To hang loosely; flag. verb

To beat by flapping. verb

A publicist, a publicity agent noun

To publicise, to promote verb

Alternative spelling of flak. noun

Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes noun

Intense adverse criticism noun

A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer noun

To flutter; palpitate.

To hang loosely; flag.

To beat by flapping.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Flack

The word "flack" in example sentences

He never gave a media interview, telling an overeager label flack: "It's better that way; when I talk, it's rubbish." ❋ Norman Lebrecht (2011)

Back in April, the Department of Homeland Security caught a lot of flack from the right wing for issuing the memo that warned of "lone wolves" from both the extreme left and the right committing acts of terror just like this. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If Mr. Obama is catching the requisite flack from the right, he's also getting it from the left, and it's not just over economics. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“In fact, we got flack from the studio one day, because we shot nine rolls of film of just Sharlto in this one scene; he just kept going and going and going!” ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, I thought you might be interested in one of the most obnoxious articles on the topic ever, from MacLean's (Canada's newsweekly) -- basically, the article quotes some flack from the plastic bag industry protesting Toronto's bag charge on the grounds that bags are only a small part of the ocean's trash, and therefore we shouldn't expend our efforts there but fight other plastics instead. ❋ Aka TBTAM (2009)

Pardon my language but how in the flickitty-flack is choking and punching someone after you threaten to kill them a “mistake?” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Now I am probably going to catch a lot of flack from the pseudo-EMO crowd that follows these novels like a bevy of groveling lemmings. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With today's Federal Communications Commission members taking regular flack from the television industry for being too deferential to the big telecom companies in areas such as spectrum allocation, it's easy to forget that the FCC has been staffed by people more sympathetic to broadcaster concerns. ❋ Brad Reed (2010)

The reason I think this will get some flack is because often people cannot distinguish a story that stands on its own from a criticism on their beliefs. ❋ Wendigomountain (2008)

Like some of the others who've commented, I got a lot of flack from a certain family member about staying home before the children came. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Writing on the day he nominated Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court, Reagan said: Already the flack is starting & from my own supporters. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Mitt Romney is catching flack from the Religious Reich because he didn't raise his hand during the GOP joint press conference last week on the question expressing doubt in the theory of evolution. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The reason Johnson (and not Provine) catches flack is two fold. ❋ Unknown (2005)

It will take flack from the left because it is for marriage. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It will take flack from the right, obviously, because it is for gay marriage. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Not to thump my chest, but here I was, a humble PR flack from the Colonies, about to engineer just the greatest comeback in British royal history since Prince Hal became Henry V. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Senior executives in all industries may be more visible today but most are still delivering carefully crafted, 'flack'-approved messages. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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