Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flak"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flak
n 1: a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the
advantage of their employer [syn: {flak catcher}, {flack
catcher}, {flack}]
2: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the
Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack";
"don't give me any flak" [syn: {fire}, {attack}, {flack},
{blast}]
3: artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes [syn: {antiaircraft},
{antiaircraft gun}, {flack}, {pom-pom}, {ack-ack}, {ack-ack
gun}]
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