flack catcher

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsflak catcherflakflack

   Broaderspokesperson

Questions about flack catcher

What does flack catcher mean?

flack catcher means "a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer".

What is another word for flack catcher?

Close synonyms include flak catcher, flak, flack. 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 catcher a common word?

flack catcher is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.