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flack

1

[flak]

verb (used without object)

  1. to serve as a press agent or publicist.

    to flack for a new rock group.

verb (used with object)

  1. to promote; publicize.

    to flack a new record.

flack

2

[flak]

noun

  1. flak.

flack

1

/ ڱæ /

noun

  1. a press or publicity agent

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

flack

2

/ ڱæ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of flak

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flack1

1935–40; said to be after Gene Flack, a movie publicity agent
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flack1

C20: of unknown origin
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My daughters didn’t give him any flack, and he didn’t make room for it.

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That hands the loudest and largest megaphones to CEOs and their PR flacks and leaves actual citizens with laryngitis from straining to be heard above the profit-making din.

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One supporter said "we might have opened up for some flack with the roundabout link", while others commented on the continued use of "Dons" in the design.

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Post-”Succession” Jeremy Strong might get a lot of flack for his method approach to roles, but his brand of severity works perfectly for the sickening depiction of Roy Cohn in “The Apprentice.”

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When Geiger caught flack for prescribing food instead of drugs, he replied, “The last time I looked at my textbooks, the most specific therapy for malnutrition was food.”

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