| NOUN | person | flak, flak catcher, flack catcher, flack | a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer |
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| communication | flak, fire, attack, flack, blast | intense adverse criticism | |
| artifact | flak, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flack, pom-pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun | artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes |
| Sounds | flae'k | |
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| Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... | |
| Meaning | A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer. | |
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| Synonyms | flak catcher, flack catcher, flack | |
| Broader | spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice | An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose |
| Meaning | Intense adverse criticism. | |
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| Example | "don't give me any flak" | |
| Synonyms | fire, attack, flack, blast | |
| Broader | criticism, unfavorable judgment | disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings |
| Spanish | ataque, explosión | |
| Catalan | atac | |
| Meaning | artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes. | |
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| Synonyms | antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flack, pom-pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun | |
| Parts | predictor | A computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival |
| Narrower | Bofors gun | An automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun |
| Broader | gun | A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) |
| Spanish | antiaéreo, cañón antiaéreo | |
| Catalan | antiaeri | |
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