flack

1. 1.

   a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer

   Synonymsflak catcherflakflack catcher

   Broaderspokesperson
2. 2.

   intense adverse criticism

   “Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party”

   “the government has come under attack”

   “don't give me any flak”

   Synonymsfireattackflakblast

   Broadercriticism
3. 3.

   artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

   Synonymsantiaircraftantiaircraft gunflakpom-pomack-ackack-ack gun

   Broadergun

   NarrowerBofors gun

   Partspredictor

Other forms of flack

plural

flacks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about flack

What does flack mean?

flack means "a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in flack?

flack has 1 syllable: flack. In IPA it is /ˈflæk/.

What is another word for flack?

Close synonyms include flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, fire, attack. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flack a common word?

flack is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with flack?

1 word rhymes with flack. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.