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flak

Or flack

[flak]

noun

  1. antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.

  2. criticism; hostile reaction; abuse.

    Such an unpopular decision is bound to draw a lot of flak from the press.



flak

/ ڱæ /

noun

  1. anti-aircraft fire or artillery

  2. informala great deal of adverse criticism

“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 flak1

1935–40; < German Fl ( ieger ) a ( bwehr ) k ( anone ) antiaircraft gun, equivalent to Flieger aircraft (literally, flyer) + Abwehr defense + Kanone gun, cannon
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flak1

C20: from German Fl ( ieger ) a ( bwehr ) k ( anone ), literally: aircraft defence gun
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Example Sentences

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“You Jews better take that money you stole from us and start investing in flak jackets,” Smith said while closing his eyes and reciting one of the letters from memory.

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I am delighted for Ange because some of the flak he has taken has been extraordinarily over the top.

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They have survived the flak that flew after despicable violence in matches from the wild west years.

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"I do have to deal with quite a lot of incoming, what you would have called flak in the olden days, but now they call it trolling," he said.

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Footage verified by the BBC showed injured people - two wearing blue UN flak jackets - arriving at a hospital in an ambulance and a UN car.

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