Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.

    Fliegerabwehrkanone, Flugabwehrkanone

    зени́тное ору́диеzenítnoje orúdije, зени́ткаzenítka

  2. (countable, uncountable)Anti-aircraft shell fire.

  3. (countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable)Adverse criticism.

    перекрёстный ого́ньperekrjóstnyj ogónʹ, разно́сraznós, взбу́чкаvzbúčka

    intense adverse criticism

  4. (countable, informal, uncountable)A public-relations spokesperson.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. She took a lot of flak.

    deSie ist sehr stark kritisiert worden.

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  2. I got a lot of flak for my decision.

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  3. Tom copped a lot of flak after he left Mary and the kids for another woman.

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  4. If you try to defend the seniority-based corporate escalator these days all you'll get is flak from younger employees.

    ruЕсли ты в наши дни попробуешь защищать систему карьерного роста, основанную на возрасте, то всё, что ты получишь, — недовольство младших сотрудников.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells:
adverse criticism:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells:

Origin

Borrowed from German FlaK, short for Fliegerabwehrkanone (“anti airplane cannon”).

Borrowed from German FlaK, short for Fliegerabwehrkanone (“anti airplane cannon”).

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Forms

plural: flaks
Singularflak
Pluralflaks

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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