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noun (countable and uncountable; plural flaks)
- Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
- Anti-aircraft shell fire.
- (figurative, informal; also flack) Adverse criticism.
- (informal; also flack) A public-relations spokesperson.
Etymology: German acronym of Fliegerabwehrkanone. First attested w:1940, 1940 as an anti-aircraft gun. Sense of "adverse criticism" attested since w:1963, 1963 in American English.
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