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flak Definition


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flak
noun
    1. Anti-aircraft fire.
    2. colloq
      Unfriendly or adverse criticism.
      Example: You take too much flak from her
      Thesaurus: criticism, censure, fault-finding, hostility, condemnation, bad press, brickbats, disparagement, disapprobation, aspersions.
Etymology: 1930s: acronym from German Fliegerabwehrkanone anti-aircraft gun, literally ‘pilot defence gun'.



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