flack
flack · flacks · flacked · flacking
To hang loosely; flagTo hang loosely; flag.
/flæk/
» Reporters are wildly outnumbered by flacks.
Meaning
4 senses(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To hang loosely; flag.
(UK, dialectal, transitive)To beat by flapping.
(Canada, US)To publicise, to promote.
(intransitive, obsolete)To flutter; palpitate.
Examples
1 sentencesReporters are wildly outnumbered by flacks.
Origin
From Middle English flacken (“to palpitate, flutter”), from Old English *flaccian, from PrFrom Middle English flacken (“to palpitate, flutter”), from Old English *flaccian, from Proto-West Germanic *flakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *flakkōną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-, which could be related to Ancient Greek πλάζω (plázō, “to turn away from”).
Most likely flak.
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Forms
flacks, flacking, flacked, flackedWord family
1 related wordsDerivedflacker
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle